To win, GOP changes rules [View all]
A hallmark of the modern Republican Party is: If you can’t beat ‘em, change the rules… and then beat ‘em.
Coal is not the energy of the future. But the Kentucky GOP appears determined to keep it on life support as long as possible. Last week, that Grand Ol’ Practice of rule changing was on prominent display by House Republicans as they added two Republicans and one coal-country Democrat to a committee to ensure passage of an anti-solar energy bill.
The GOP-sponsored bill would cut the rate that solar panel users are compensated when they provide energy to the electric grid, drastically changing the financial viability of the solar industry in Kentucky. At the very least, it’s a disincentive to growing solar power.
One can debate the merits of the bill, but what’s worse is how Republicans blithely changed the rules to make sure the bill passed.
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