Umthombo: Teen Vogue
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-Pacific Gas & Electric, inkampani esetshenziswa ngabatshalizimali ehlinzeka ngamandla eningi laseCalifornia, ukunqamula ugesi kumakhasimende angaphezu kuka-700,000. Le nkampani yaphikisa ngokuthi isinyathelo esikhulu kangaka - ukunqanyulwa kukagesi okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni wombuso - sasidingeka ukuze kuvinjelwe imililo yequbula.
Nokho kwezinye izishoshovu, lokhu kukhetha okunohlaka okungenathemba kusebenze njengesinye isikhumbuzo sokuthi izinkampani ezisetshenziswa abatshalizimali azikho esimweni sokuphatha ikusasa lethu lamandla, ikakhulukazi njengoba ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kuphakamisa izingqinamba.
...lokhu kukhetha okunohlaka okungenathemba kusebenze njengesinye isikhumbuzo sokuthi izinkampani eziphethwe ngabatshalizimali azikho esimweni sokuphatha ikusasa lethu lamandla, ikakhulukazi njengoba ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuphakamisa izingqinamba.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, izishoshovu ezweni lonke, okubandakanya iNew York City, Boston, Providence, Chicago, Boulder, neWashington, DC, kanye neNyakatho yeCalifornia neMaine, bebesebenzela ukuguqula izinsiza zibe ngubunikazi bomphakathi, obuzobenza ukuziphendulela emphakathini esikhundleni sabatshalizimali. ENyakatho yeCalifornia, i- Masibe Umnikazi We-PG&E umkhankaso uvele ngemuva nje kwalokho i-Camp Fire, umlilo obulala kakhulu emlandweni waseCalifornia, owabangelwa Izintambo zamandla ze-PG&E. Kwezinye izingxenye zezwe, izishoshovu zilwa namagalelo aqondile ezinkampani ezisizayo enkingeni yesimo sezulu kanye nokungalingani kwesistimu.
Impi eseNew York City ikhule ikakhulukazi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. NgoJulayi, phakathi negagasi lokushisa elibulalayo, uCon Edison ukunqamula amandla ngamabomu kwezinye zezindawo ezimpofu kakhulu zeDolobha laseNew York, evusa ukucasuka. Ngenyanga edlule, embuthanweni ongaphandle kwehhovisi le-National Grid edolobheni lase-Brooklyn, izishoshovu ezivela emaqenjini afana ne-Stop the Williams Pipeline Coalition kanye ne-New York City Democratic Socialists of America zakhuluma ngokumelene nokuqhubeka nokutshalwa kwezimali kwezinkampani zabatshalizimali kumapayipi egesi. Ikakhulukazi, bathukuthele ngokuphusha kwe-National Grid kwabaqhudelana kakhulu, Williams Pipeline ephikwe kabili lokho kunganqamula Itheku laseNew York futhi ukukhuphuka kwezinga okuhlongozwayo kusuka ezinkampanini ezimbili ezinkulu zezinsiza.
"Zombili i-ConEd ne-National Grid bahlongoza ukukhuphula amanani ethu ukuze kwandiswe ingqalasizinda kaphethiloli," u-Lee Ziesche, isishoshovu seSane Energy Project, etshela isixuku. "Lokho abakuphakamisayo kuhluleka ngokuphelele ukuhlolwa kwesimo sezulu."
Umgomo omkhulu wezinye izishoshovu ukulahla izinhlangano ezisiza abatshalizimali ngokuphelele futhi bakhe uhlelo lwentando yeningi esikhundleni sazo. Ngonyaka odlule, i-NYC-DSA yethula i- Amandla Omphakathi umkhankaso wokwenza igridi yamandla ibe ngeyomphakathi. Ngokwakhela phezu kwalo mbono, ngo-Okthoba 19, kwasungulwa umfelandawonye wezinhlangano ezisemazingeni aphansi Ukunyakaza Kwesivumelwano Esisha Esiluhlaza, umkhankaso ozodinga ukuthi izinsiza ziphathwe esidlangalaleni njengengxenye ebalulekile yalolu shintsho. Ukunikeza ukulawula komphakathi ngekusasa lamandla eDolobheni laseNew York, izishoshovu ziyaphikisana, kungase kubeke isisekelo sokususa ikhabhoni ngokufanele, ngokushesha komkhakha wamandla.
"Singakwazi ukuqeda amandla ahlanzekile futhi siqinisekise kubo bonke abantu baseNew York njengelungelo labantu, ngendlela efanayo esivele siqinisekise ngayo amanzi ahlanzekile ngokusebenzisa uhlelo lwethu lwamanzi lomphakathi," kusho u-Amber Ruther, umhleli we-NYC-DSA, ngesikhathi somhlangano wakamuva. kokuzwa ngaphambi kwesishayamthetho saseNew York State.
U-Ruther waphikisa ebufakazini bakhe bokuthi izinsiza eziphethwe abatshalizimali azikho esimweni sokubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu. โIsakhiwo sokugqugquzela izinsiza ezizimele saklanywa ukuthi bakhuthaze ukuthi bakhe ingqalasizinda eningi ngangokunokwenzeka,โ kusho uRuther. โKodwa manje leso sakhiwo sokukhuthaza asisasebenzi futhi siyasivimbela ekufezeni izinhloso zethu zesimo sezulu.โ
Ukufaka esikhundleni izinsiza eziphethwe abatshalizimali, umkhankaso Wamandla Omphakathi ufuna ukuba kube nezinsiza zomphakathi ezinkulu. Lokhu kungasho ukwanda kweNew York Power Authority, insiza yomphakathi enkulu kunazo zonke e-US, noma ukwenziwa kukamasipala kwezinsiza ezizimele. Uma isisunguliwe, inhlangano yomphakathi izoba nesibopho somsebenzi omkhulu wokuguqula igridi, u-Aaron Eisenberg, umhleli we-NYC-DSA, uchazele Teen Vogue ku-imeyili.
Eceleni kosizo olukhulu, umkhankaso unombono wemiklamo emincane yamandla omphakathi
Eceleni kosizo olukhulu, umkhankaso unombono wemiklamo emincane yamandla omphakathi. Njengesibonelo, u-Eisenberg ukhomba I-Sunset Park Solar, i-solar array esebenzisanayo, ezoba ngeyabo futhi isetshenziswe abantu abafanayo abathenga amandla ayo enkabeni yeBrooklyn.
Umbono wezinsiza eziphethwe ngumphakathi uthola ukuthandwa ngokushesha. IMeya uBill de Blasio isanda kuphakamisa ukuxhumana nezinsiza zedolobha. Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, ilungu lomkhandlu weDolobha laseNew York u-Costa Constantinides ubambisene ne-NYC-DSA ukuze isingathe ihholo ledolobha ekuphenduleni isiphakamiso sika-ConEd sokunyuswa kwezinga. Abantu abangaphezu kuka-100, kuhlanganise umhlangano u-Aravella Simotas nommeli womphakathi uJumaane Williams, bahamba emvuleni beya ehholo ledolobha, lapho abaningi babefuna khona izinto zomphakathi.
Kepha akekho noyedwa ovela kwa-ConEd noma kwiKhomishini Yemisebenzi Kahulumeni yaseNew York, eyengamele izinsiza zombuso, owafika.
U-Jamie Tyberg, umhleli we-New York Communities for Change, ubona amandla aphethwe umphakathi njengesinyathelo esibalulekile sokuguqula ubudlelwano bethu nezinsiza namandla, osekuyisikhathi eside kuthathwa njengokungapheli.
"Ngeke sikwazi ukubalekela le nkinga ngaphandle kokufaka uhlelo," kusho uTyberg, obevolontiya kulo mkhankaso, utshele. Teen Vogue.
Ephendula izimangalo ezenziwe kulesi sihloko, uMichael Clendenin, umqondisi weConEd wezokuxhumana nabezindaba, wabhala nge-imeyili, โSingakwazi ukugcina ukwethembeka okuphezulu futhi sibe nekusasa lamandla ahlanzekile. U-Con Edison uzibophezele ekusizeni i-New York State ukufeza izinhloso zayo zamandla ahlanzekile, futhi ngamabhizinisi ethu Amandla Ahlanzekile singabakhiqizi belanga besibili ngobukhulu eNyakatho Melika.โ Okhulumela iGridi kaZwelonke uphendule Teen Vogueisicelo sokuphawula ngokunikeza izixhumanisi ohlelweni lwabo โlokutshala imali kumanethiwekhi egesi yemvelo okuwenza aphephe futhi athembeke kakhudlwana, athuthukise ikusasa lamandla ahlanzekile.โ (Umbono wokuthi amanethiwekhi amaningi egesi azothuthukisa amandla ahlanzekile asikho isisekelo sesayensi yesimo sezulu.)
Umnyakazo Osabalele, Onezimpande Ezindala
Izinsiza zomphakathi aziwona neze umqondo omusha - izinsiza zomphakathi ezingaphezu kwezi-2,000 isivele ikhona e-US - kodwa isidingo esikhulayo sohlelo lwamandla olunobulungiswa sinikeze le modeli yobunikazi amandla amasha.
Kuleli hlobo, uSenator waseVermont kanye nongenele ukhetho lukamongameli wango-2020 uBernie Sanders ukhiphe eyakhe inguqulo ye- i-ambitious Green New Deal, eveza uhlelo lwamandla avuselelekayo, aphethwe umphakathi.
Umbono ka-Sanders ungase ubukeke okuthile njengohlelo lwamandla esifundazweni (okuvunywa ukuthi singenabo abantu abambalwa) sase-Nebraska, esihlanganisa ngokuphelele izifunda zamandla omphakathi, izinsiza eziphethwe umphakathi, kanye namadlelandawonye kagesi. Umbuso washiya izinsiza eziphethwe ngabatshalizimali ngo-1946 futhi uhlala uwukuphela kombuso ukusebenza ngokugcwele emandleni omphakathi. Kusukela lapho, i-Nebraska ikwazile ukunakekela ezinye ze amanani aphansi kagesi ezweni.
Leli kusasa lingaphinda lifane nedolobha likaSanders iBurlington, Vermont, osekunensiza kamasipala kusukela ngo-1905. Ngo-2014, iBurlington yaba idolobha lokuqala e-US ukuthuthela kulo Okuvuselelekayo okungu-100%., ngenkathi igcina amanani afanayo kusukela ngo-2009.
Idolobha lisanda kubeka a umgwaqo wendlela ukuze uthole inhloso ebaluleke kakhulu: ukuya ku-net-zero energy ngo-2030, idolobha eliyichaza ngokuthi "ukuthola okungenani amandla amaningi avuselelekayo njengoba kusetshenziswa amandla ezinjongo zokuthutha zikagesi, ezishisayo, nezokuthutha."
Izinsiza zomphakathi nazo beziyingxenye yokwandulela kwe-Green New Deal: Idili elisha lika-Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ngo-1936 Umthetho Wokufaka Ugesi Wasemakhaya yaphasiswa ukuthi ibolekwe ezindaweni zasemakhaya ezingazodwa ukuze ziqale imifelandawonye yazo kagesi. Umgomo wawulula: ukunikeza abalimi, abashiywe ebumnyameni yizinkampani zensizakalo ezenza inzuzo, ugesi othengekayo.
โNgaleso sikhathi, izinsiza ezaziphethwe abatshalizimali zazikhona engazimisele ngempela ukuya emaphandleni aseMelikaโ ngenxa yokuthi izindawo ezigqagqeneyo azithembisi amabhizinisi amahle, kuchaza uJohanna Bozuwa, osebenza kwaDemocracy Collaborative.
Nakuba imikhankaso yanamuhla inemibono ebanzi, izinzuzo eziyinhloko zensiza yomphakathi zisekhona. Ziklanyelwe ukuphendula abantu esikhundleni sezisusa zenzuzo. Izinsiza zomphakathi zine amanani aphansi amaphakathi kunezinsiza eziphethwe abatshalizimali nanoma iyiphi imali engenayo ibuyela emphakathini, kunezikhwama zama-CEO kanye nabanikazi bamasheya abazimele. Isibonelo, i-Austin Energy isebenzise imali yayo ukuze isekele izibani zomgwaqo, ukuphepha komphakathi, imitapo yolwazi, namapaki.
Izinsiza eziphethwe abatshalizimali azinaso isisusa esifanayo. "Njengesizinda esiphezulu, izinsiza eziphethwe abatshalizimali zinerekhodi elibi," kusho uDavid Pomerantz, osebenza e-Energy and Policy Institute, okuyinhlangano eqaphayo elandelela izinsiza zamandla. Ukhomba ukuthi izinsiza eziphethwe ngabatshalizimali zivame ukuba yizona ababambiqhaza abaphezulu emikhankasweni yezepolitiki futhi sichithe izigidi kuma-lobbyists. Kulo nyaka, i-National Grid yaze yabuza amakhasimende ayo ukusiza ukunxenxa igesi eqhekekile.
Nokho, uPomerantz uxwayisa ngokuthi izinsiza zomphakathi azinasici. Njengezinsiza ezizimele, izinsiza zomphakathi zinezinhlangano zohwebo, njenge-American Public Power Association (APPA) kanye ne-National Rural Electric Cooperative (NREC). Kokubili Amaqembu babe walwa Izindinganiso ze-EPA zomoya ohlanzekile, amanzi, nokungcoliswa kwekhabhoni, uPomerantz wachaza nge-imeyili.
I-Bozuwa, ye-Democracy Collaborative, ibona lesi sikhathi njengethuba lokufunda emaphutheni ezinsiza zomphakathi futhi iphushe le modeli ngendlela entsha, enesibindi. โUbunikazi bomphakathi bakhelwe ngaphakathi kwengqikithi yabantu abawuhlelela,โ kusho uBozuwa. Lokhu kunikeza uhlelo amandla alo kanye, ngokomlando, ukulinganiselwa kwalo.
Inkathi Entsha Yentando Yeningi Yamandla
Imikhankaso yanamuhla efufusayo ibiza uhlelo olusha โlwentando yeningi yamandlaโ ngokuphelele futhi babelane ngomgomo omkhulu wobulungiswa besimo sezulu. Lokhu okuhlanganisayo kuthatha izindlela eziningi.
Imikhankaso yanamuhla efufusayo ibiza uhlelo olusha โlwentando yeningi yamandlaโ ngokuphelele futhi babelane ngomgomo omkhulu wobulungiswa besimo sezulu. Lokhu okuhlanganisayo kuthatha izindlela eziningi.
Ngokwesibonelo, The #NationalizeGrid umkhankaso e-Rhode Island ubulokhu ulwa, kanye nozakwethu womfelandawonye, iGeorge Wiley Centre, emandleni omphakathi wezwe lonke.
โKuwumthetho olula [odinga] ukwenyuswa kwentela okuncane kakhulu ezweni lonke, [lokho kungasho ukuthi] abahola kancane bazodinga kuphela ukukhokha iphesenti elithile lomholo wabo wanyanga zonke njengenkokhelo yezinsiza zabo,โ kuchaza uCorey Krajewski. , isishoshovu esinomkhankaso.
IBoston Buyisela Igridi umkhankaso ubugxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi abasebenzi nemiphakathi enemibala e-Boston bayahlomula ekushintsheni baye kugridi evuselelekayo ephethwe umphakathi.
Ngokufanayo, eNyakatho California Masibe Umnikazi We-PG&E umkhankaso ubulokhu ucabanga ngezindlela zokuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi be-PG&E bayafakwa ohlelweni olusha lwamandla. Omunye umqondo abebewucubungula wuhlelo lokuvota oluhlongozwayo ukuze kuvikelwe lezi zimpesheni zabasebenzi, kuchaza u-Emily Algire, ongomunye wabahleli balo mkhankaso.
E-Maine, umphakeli wendawo wamandla usolwa ngaye ukukhokhisa amakhasimende ngephutha. Ngokusabela kumanani aphezulu ngokungafanele, iqembu labakhokhi bentela abangaphezu kuka-600 liyamangalela I-Central Maine Power Company, ngenkathi futhi isekela ibhili ukushintsha abahlinzeki bamandla ababili abakhulu kuhulumeni ngesisetshenziswa somphakathi sombuso wonke, okwethulwe Omele u-Seth Berry. KuBerry, yithuba elikhulu lokubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu.
"Eqinisweni, kufanele sifake ugesi wonke umnotho wethu, futhi kufanele sikwenze lokho ngokushesha," kusho uBerry. โKufana nesisekelo esakhela kuso ikhaya lethu ukuze sibe nesikhathi esizayo.โ
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