An executive from another utility, Ameren Illinois, agreed with McMahan Monday at a panel on electric vehicles at the Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
At one panel discussion, Jan Shori, general manager of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the sixth-largest community-owned electric utility in the country, noted the state of California's ambitious goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming.
We could convert current energy bills into jobs right now by installing solar panel systems and solar water heater systems on homes, and having the utility corporations meter these solar installations and continue to bill consumers.