MrThisIsME
Solar Enthusiast
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There are cons to going off-grid? Who knew?
That’s a problem.You have to find out what the Grid Abandoment rules are for your area/PowCo You might get your house red-tagged by a building inspector if the PowCo reports it. The PowCo usually enters into a "arrangement" with the goverment to insure they will have enough customers to make running cables and building power plants worthwhile.
No kidding. That still chaps my ass..How did you eliminate property taxes?
The problem is even if you have it then they can Mandate and do mandate stupid rules and equipment even though you never use it.One of the things I did not see mentioned is that in some jurisdictions, if there is power available you must have a connection for safety reasons according to some building codes. There is nothing that requires you to use that connection. As mentioned earlier in that case, even if there is a small fee, it might be practical to have a connection.
Hey I’m all for that.And THAT is what many people in the US of A yell & scream about as a Free Country With Liberty and Freedom of Choice.
Thank the good lord I'm CANADIAN. In a "socialist" nation with free universal health care, public (citizen owned) infrastructures including most Power, water, etc which is very limited to small portions being semi- privatised.
Case in point, I've been in critical care with surgeries, specialist flown in and for almost 3,5 weeks now... About to be released. Cost = $0!!!
I live 100 % off grid rural. & Remote and no fuss... Was even air lifted from regional hospital to Canada's Capitol's top medical facility.
What's Freedom & Liberty again ???
Sorry if offends anyone but horseshit political profiteering has destroyed a once Great Nation. Time to revolt and take it back for All citizen's.
You have to find out what the Grid Abandoment rules are for your area/PowCo
As for property taxes they go away if you're 65 and have lived in your home for 10 years (I'm 65)
https://www.denvergov.org/Governmen...ssessors-Office/Senior-Property-Tax-Exemption
not that I am aware ofDo they have exclusions on your income tax for being 65 as well?
I do too… except there is no cons at all here except the extra gas to go to town couple times a month or possibly 2 -3 feet of snow now and then..that will slow ya up a bit..From my experience, there is off grid as in you pull the plug from utilities company and you still can walk to local 7-11 then there is off grid as in nothing exists there and nothing within a hour drive. I live latter of the two and love it even with it's cons.
It's over a mile to power for me and an uncooperative electric company. So maybe $150k? Including poles, wire, clearing of the right away. Plus making it more of a pain in the ass for the neighbors to farm row crop ground (more of a slight annoyance for this one). The bright point is no zoning, no code enforcement, no permissions, no restrictions.Forgive me. But I never understand the attraction of fully off-grid. I can understand people wanting to have largely independent power generation but the not have the backup of the grid is nuts.
Here we have no legal requirement to connect to the grid ( and property taxes amount to $120 a year ! ) if you do connect to the grid , ie have a meter the daily standing charge is about the equivalent of $50 a month even if you consume nothing
Everytime i run thd numbers for a substantial PV system the payback is 12 + years. I’ve never stayed in the same house that long !!!! . Solar is great where you can’t access the grid outside of that I struggle to see justification.
In 8 years I’ve suffered one grid failure 3 hours one Saturday
As an aside having lived in the US , it’s not the land of the free at all. It’s one of the most rule bound bureaucratic societies I’ve ever lived in. ( with more police then any other place I’ve lived ) I agree something needs to change.