Did you ever think you'd see a villain out of Captain Planet in real life?

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"You've got to make people who use renewable energy pay more, you fools! Now follow my orders!"
-ALEC

Attacking state clean energy laws, blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s every move and fast-tracking approval of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline: All that and more is on the 2014 docket for the American Legislative Exchange Council, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal.

Over 800 members of the right-wing lobbying group gathered in Washington for the beginning of their three-day policy summit Wednesday. Despite facing a funding crisis, they’re ready to attack green efforts from all angles; of particular interest are their plans to penalize homeowners who install their own solar panels. The Guardian reports:

Further details of Alec’s strategy were provided by John Eick, the legislative analyst for Alec’s energy, environment and agriculture program.

Eick told the Guardian the group would be looking closely in the coming year at how individual homeowners with solar panels are compensated for feeding surplus electricity back into the grid.

The truth, as DeSmogBlog points out, is that the use of solar panels “defers the need for capital allocation into utility investments, saving ratepayers money in avoiding investments into expensive utility projects.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/05/alec_freeriders_with_solar_panels_must_pay_for_robbing_the_system/

And tune in next week when they cause an oil spill for laughs.