July 27, 2022 - Epoch Times
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| In California, we strive to have green energy. | |
| In some cases, we may even pay more to get electricity that is branded as green. | |
| But are we really getting green energy? | |
| You apply a little bit of magic, sleight of hand, little smoke and mirrors, and the consumer feels like, hey, wow, you know, I got something that's green and I'm feeling good about myself. | |
| In reality, you aren't getting what you think you got. | |
| You're getting dirty power. | |
| Who's responsible for this greenwashing in the electricity space? | |
| With all of this gamesmanship behind the scenes and all this exporting of dirty power and we got clean, so aren't we green? | |
| You may be, but you just exported dirty and so what are you doing for the environment? | |
| My guest today is Jim Phelps, a California utility expert who spent 35 years in the power industry as an engineering contractor and utility rate analyst. | |
| Our priorities are all wrong. | |
| We've got the wrong people in doing the wrong stuff. | |
| We've got our eye over here, you know, on green and not looking at the total cost of being green. | |
| Are we really being green? | |
| So what exactly is greenwashing? | |
| And how is it affecting your utility bills? | |
| Let's find out in today's episode. | |
| I'm Siamai Korami. |
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