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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Comment Re: “<b><i>A battle over green</i></b>” by Mark
Harrington (Newsday, 4/24/11)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">< <a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/lipa-rebates-fuel-wide-solar-installation-1.2833729">http://www.newsday.com/long-island/lipa-rebat
es-fuel-wide-solar-installation-1.2833729</a><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(4, 17, 32);">"The LI Power
Authority's former Watchdog, Gordian Raacke's statement "<i><b>I don't think
it's wrong that it's charged by usage. Someone who uses three times as much as
the average user will pay three times more</b></i>" is a bit misleading because
all-electric homes enjoy lower rates. We have an all-electric, house with no
solar roof, windmill or wood burning stove or fireplace, yet Balanced Billing
Budget is only $241/month -- because electric hot water heat is now cheaper
than oil. Gordian was one the first on Long Island to install a GFX (<a href="http://www.gfxtechnology.com/">www.gfxtechnology.com</a>). Therefore, our
house is greener than most because our solar-ready, tankless-electric hot water
heating system is far more efficient that the tankless-oil system it replaced
in 1996; the year we stopped burning about 700 gallons of oil --- today worth
over $2800. Don't take my word for it; see recent electric bill @ <a href="http://www.gfxtechnology.com/Combi.html">www.gfxtechnology.com/Combi.html</a>"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">Varmine<br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(4, 17, 32);"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(4, 17, 32);"></span></p>
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