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Lawmakers seek measure to make small-scale plug-in solar panels available to renters – Capitol News IL
The plug-in solar bill allows people to install small solar panel systems that can be plugged into normal wall outlets for personal use. Instead of a rooftop, the panels could be set up on a balcony, in a yard, or on a porch or patio.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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392 watts. That’s 4.8KWh over 12 hours per day as solar panels don’t work well when it’s dark. And out of that 4.8KWh there are losses going into the battery and coming out of the battery. Most of those losses are as heat but a cheap $25 Chinese system will also throw off energy as electromagnetic interference, both radiated and conducted, And then there’s the safety consideration of line-connected power converters built with the cheapest and fewest Chinese components possible. I’d prefer to avoid the fire risk vs not enuf juice to run a toaster. Yet another bone-head idea from… Read more »
Wow a Demoncrat with a good idea!
Thirty bucks on Amazon. No program needed. Hard for Illinois political animals to skim from Amazon. Easy for them to steer confiscated taxpayer funds to their friends and pals.
And let’s see , hang them out a window ? What about the buildings that are constantly shade side. Who has stock in these companies
and then the HOA Karens will go ballistic, not up to community aesthetics
Is the renter responsible when it malfunctions and screws up the electricity in the building ???