My prices have gone up significantly but the benefits of NEM have eroded as PG&E has shifted the peak time period.And prices in that sense are only getting better and better.
My prices have gone up significantly but the benefits of NEM have eroded as PG&E has shifted the peak time period.
Anyone have information on a device that would perform this switch?
I've used the electric resistance heater in the past before installing a mini split. It works good but the mini split will use 1/3 the electricity compared to the resistive heater for the same btu's. That means you can run the mini split all the time and/or add 2 more units.It seems like a electric resistance heater with a 'switch' that turned it on when the batteries were full would be the most cost effective way to go. Anyone have information on a device that would perform this switch?
Why do they hate solar? loss of $ or ?Many of us are 'attached' to rural co-ops that hate solar and do everything they can to discourage it.
Maybe a reaction to something a DIY'er did years back and small rural organizations are just really slow to change once they get poked once. We wont get any relief until Texas (or Washington?) publishes some sort of overriding law to foster solar. Even then they may exempt organizations as small as where I live. Our best bet is that they get bought out by a larger more progressive entity. I miss the independent streak everyone had in Alaska. They would not have allowed a small group of bureaucrats to dictate to them Sort of like rural Oregon I expect.Why do they hate solar? loss of $ or ?
Wouldn't it be nice if they could perhaps help create a community solar farm or make some positive moves....
If you really look at how the alternative energy systems are promoted, it is by big money and politicians that are positioned to profit from alternative energy. This means the little guy gets the shaft, the big money and politicians will get most of those federal dollars. Utilities want a piece of the pie too.Maybe a reaction to something a DIY'er did years back and small rural organizations are just really slow to change once they get poked once. We wont get any relief until Texas (or Washington?) publishes some sort of overriding law to foster solar. Even then they may exempt organizations as small as where I live. Our best bet is that they get bought out by a larger more progressive entity. I miss the independent streak everyone had in Alaska. They would not have allowed a small group of bureaucrats to dictate to them Sort of like rural Oregon I expect.
Yes but the larger population areas are typically served by Investor Owned Utilites. There are some co-ops in California but the majority of the California's population is served by the IOUs and some Municipal Utilities like Sacramento and City of Los Angeles. I think Texas is the same way and those are the two largest states in terms of population.Many of us are 'attached' to rural co-ops that hate solar and do everything they can to discourage it