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It did my heart good to see Forth listed.

Location: Charleston WV

Remote: yes (reluctantly)

Relocate: no (elderly parents)

Technologies: semiconductors, rails, bash, python

Resume: LinkedIn.com/in/brianpiercy - bjpcjp@gmail.com

I’m in WV helping my parents. That workload has diminished over the last year, and I need a purpose.

I spent 30+ years at Freescale Semi, GSI Semi, AMD and a couple of startups. PM, operations, supply chain, SW development.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.


I'd almost pay attention to the message, but Kennedy has no credibility with me. Giving up 90% of animal protein has made me leaner with vastly lower cholesterol.


Sounds like a good reason to not invest in parking garages.


That's valuable real estate for housing. House people, not cars.


Meanwhile over here in WV, we are saddled with above-market electricity rates thanks to our state (non-)regulatory commission and a desire to keep old coal-fired generators operating. It drives us nuts.


Could be worse. If you lived in California you'd pay triple the "above-market electricity rates" you currently pay.


Based on numbers here (https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/) it would be double, not triple.


The Non-PG&E areas pull the average down I guess. PG&E is more like 45-50 cents/kwh


Damn. I thought Germany had the most expensive electricity at 0.38€/kWh or so and the US had maybe $0.06-$0.15 depending on region.


I just checked my bill. Here in California, in the SF Bay Area, we're paying 82.7 cents per kWh. That's 62.6 cents for delivery and 20.1 cents for generation.

Those websites that report lower rates are incredibly wrong and misleading.


I don't think the numbers are "wrong," they are just aggregate. Obviously within a state as large as California there will be a lot of variation between regions.

I live in California and my energy prices are between $0.29 and $0.34 depending on the time of day. GP's point still stands that WV is cheaper than CA, but how much cheaper depends on which region of CA you are comparing it to.


These aggregate numbers they don’t reflect what most ratepayers actually pay.

For example, PG&E’s current E-TOU-C summer rates in SF Bay area are around $0.83/kWh peak and $0.62/kWh off-peak. That’s almost double the CPUC’s statewide “average” of ~$0.34/kWh.

But whatever, I'm just upset at how much we have to pay.


Not if you have a municipal energy provider.


When you let industry run your government ...


This is sadly the state for a good number of PUCs across the nation. That's one reason that electricity costs are rising even as generation is getting cheaper thanks to renewables and storage.


R.J. MacReady approves this sentiment.


It’s an incredible piece of writing.


his notes are EXACTLY my experience. bookmark it.


Same here…three times so far.


I use RememberTheMilk for this work - especially the notes feature for appending thoughts. Giving items a due date ensures I need to review things.


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