Delete Apathy seeks to change the political climate of environmental and social policy through creative projects. Helmed by renowned artist Mary Edna Fraser, we hope to form a pattern for activism in your backyard. Delete Apathy is our Studio signature for various events and exhibitions planned for major universities and institutions.
We invested in rooftop solar in 2016 and Dominion Energy’s monopoly in our region is trying to change solar pricing in a way that would demolish the industry. In short, their proposal would move from net metering to a hybrid instantaneous netting system, thus lowering payouts to solar power producers, and add two new fees, one fixed fee and one proportional to the size of your solar system. And there’s no grandfathering — current solar customers would get forced onto this plan by 2025, even if you budgeted and planned for the current system.
When the utilities did this in Nevada in 2015, they killed the solar industry overnight, and it took the legislature’s intervention to lure some of the solar companies back.
If you want to do everything you can on opposing Dominion’s proposal, then in addition to signing the opposition letter from Conservation Voters of SC you can write an official letter of protest to the South Carolina Public Service Commission, referencing docket number 2020-125-E, or email them at co*****@ps*.gov. And again, the March 23rd public hearing will be critical.
“On or before Monday, March 22, 2021, no later than 4:45 p.m., any person desiring to testify as a public witness shall provide the commission (a) your name, (b) the telephone number that you wish the commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony, and (c) your physical address. This information may be provided in two ways: by emailing co************@ps*.gov or by calling 803-896-5133
Mary Edna Fraser (843) 762-2594 PO Box 12250 Charleston, SC 29422 www.maryedna.com www.deleteapathy.com
Global Climate Change: A Primer, Duke University Press A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Island, Columbia University Press
This Thursday, please contact the mayor & council members to encourage voting on this declaration.
Here is a sample letter:
Dear Mayor Woolsey and Council Leaders,
Your climate action is to be commended as James Island faces flooding, sea level rise and hurricanes due to Climate Change. Thank you for caring for your constituents and passing the Climate Emergency Declaration this Thursday.
Rain Over Charleston, 60″ x 36″ oil on canvas by Mary Edna Fraser 2020
With eighty nine flooding events in our city in 2019, sea level rise affects all of us. My boss, Orrin Pilkey, weighs in with the Post & Courier on what taking action to protect Charleston for future generations will look like. “For Charleston, responding to sea level rise will not be an easy task. A huge variety of shoreline types, with widely varying exposure to waves, storm surges and tides constitute the seaward edge of the city. Because the entire Charleston area is flat and at low elevation, it already has a flooding problem. Sea level rise will only exacerbate it. Different solutions to flooding will be needed in differing parts of the city.” Read Pilkey’s op ed here.
Coastal Conservation League has been keeping people informed on the Corp of Engineers plans for a sea wall and are asking for your comments here.
Save Our Solar
We invested in rooftop solar in 2016 and Dominion Energy’s monopoly in our region is trying to change solar pricing in a way that would demolish the industry. In short, their proposal would move from net metering to a hybrid instantaneous netting system, thus lowering payouts to solar power producers, and add two new fees, one fixed fee and one proportional to the size of your solar system. And there’s no grandfathering — current solar customers would get forced onto this plan by 2025, even if you budgeted and planned for the current system.
When the utilities did this in Nevada in 2015, they killed the solar industry overnight, and it took the legislature’s intervention to lure some of the solar companies back.
Libby Smith had a great op-ed in the Post & Courier criticizing the proposal,
If you want to do everything you can on opposing Dominion’s proposal, then in addition to signing the opposition letter from Conservation Voters of SC you can write an official letter of protest to the South Carolina Public Service Commission, referencing docket number 2020-125-E, or email them at co*****@ps*.gov. And again, the March 23rd public hearing will be critical.
“On or before Monday, March 22, 2021, no later than 4:45 p.m., any person desiring to testify as a public witness shall provide the commission (a) your name, (b) the telephone number that you wish the commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony, and (c) your physical address. This information may be provided in two ways: by emailing co************@ps*.gov or by calling 803-896-5133
Mary Edna Fraser
(843) 762-2594
PO Box 12250
Charleston, SC 29422
www.maryedna.com
www.deleteapathy.com
Global Climate Change: A Primer, Duke University Press
A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Island, Columbia University Press