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Net metering going away with BTU

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In reply to Hornbeck • 7:16p, 7/16/26
Hornbeck said:
"Let them eat cake!"

-BobbyG, probably


"Where's my $1 cattle lease"

-Bobby G
We'll win this war, but we'll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans that we've got more guts than they have, or ever will have. We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-b******, were going to rip out their living G*******d guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun c********** by the bushel-f****** basket. War is a bloody killing business. You've got to spill their blood or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shot them in the guts.
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EBrazosAg
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6:23a, 7/17/26
AG
Bobby is a hack, at best. More likely something worse. CoB needs to move on from him. Doubt they will - he can pull on just enough disparate demographics to be really hard to beat in Bryan.
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plant science guy
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11:00a, 7/17/26
It makes complete economic sense for the city and BTU to maximize the money they can take from me and minimize the money they refund. It actually would make MORE economic sense for them to just say "sorry we're not paying you squat for the power you generate and you'll be charged for the power you consume whether it came from you or from us."

It makes more economic sense for me to charge THEM for the power I use, because then I'd get lots of money and they would get none of mine.

Both of those stances are ridiculous and unfair.

I signed a contract with BTU for net metering. Your word has to mean something. You can't just come along and renege on your contractual agreements because you've got .gov after your email.
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In reply to plant science guy • 12:49p, 7/17/26
AG
Well, they shouldn't, but they certainly can. I guess we could invest and be off the grid completely, but that is financial idiocy for most of us. They really are screwing us.
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10:48p, 7/17/26
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10:18p, 7/18/26
AG
I collect ticket stubs! looking for Aggie vs tu stubs - 1926 and below, 1935-1937, 1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1953, 1956-1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-1966, 1969-1970, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2004, 2008 also looking for vs Villanova 1949- all home and away 2012-2013- media or suite passes for bowl games in 2021, 2023 and 2024
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In reply to Animal Eight 84 • 12:12a, 7/19/26
Animal Eight 84 said:
ERCOT summer demand peaks in late afternoon when solar output is rapidly decreasing.

Price follows that rapid demand.

The screenshots from ERCOT below show price spiking in late afternoon.

A 1000 Kw of rooftop solar (or any other electrical generation) in the day is worth $28.
A 1000 Kw in the summer evening from the grid is worth $60.

So it makes economic sense why BTU revised contract terms.

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FWIW, late afternoon summer is a vulnerable time for the grid. AC demand is high, solar generation is rapidly falling off.
Especially if a high pressure system is stagnant over mid Texas and there is no wind for inland wind farms.









Great analysis, I wonder if having a battery would help address this late afternoon peak? Maybe there should be two different agreements, one for solar only and another for those that have the ability to store power and soften the peak demand on the grid.
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1:48p, 7/19/26
AG
I'm with COCS and went battery years ago due to the lack of net metering.
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