[pstuart]

Air conditioning is a significant chunk of electricity used, and it would make sense to generate power to run it on site if and when possible.

We should have a national program to create zero-interest loans to incite homeowners and businesses to invest in on-site solar when possible. Make the loan payments managed by the power companies so they get a cut of the action and are incentivized to play along.

That way, you still are paying the power company monthly bills but most of that is paying down a debt that will eventually go away.