The parts of a boat have funny names to a landsman. Many of the names go back hundreds of years and their origins are often lost. Some make sense only if you know something of sailing ship construction in the 16th century.
Cheap dreams, expensive realities. In the dawn of the nuclear era, cost was expected to be one of the technology's advantages, not one of its drawbacks. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, predicted in a 1954 speech that nuclear power would someday make electricity âtoo cheap to meter.â.
The new monthly fees are just part of the overhaul of the rules governing the ânet energy meteringâ policy, which allows solar panel owners to sell the extra energy they don't use back to the electricity grid. Under the decision, new solar customers would face a one-time charge to tie into the grid.