Bob, you may be interested in this study of batteriesThe Economics of Battery Energy Storage
| | | | | | | | | | | The Economics of Battery Energy Storage Much attention has been paid to batteries' impressive cost declines. But a new RMI report shifts the focus t... | | | | From: Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 12:26 PM Subject: [EVDL] Solar haves and have nots The argument that solar people (many with EV's) are getting an unfair good deal at the expense of other rate payers is hogwash, yet the fossil fuel industry lobbyists and big money are promoting it to fight solar. I just had an emiphany... We all know that home solar is actually a big win to the utilities since they are getting our solar power at the standard 10 cent rate when in fat, they are paying 5 to ten times that during the daily peak to meet peak demand. And the proof is in every electric bill in Maryland. All customers have smart meters, and the utility says THEY WILL PAY EVERYONE $1.50 PER KWH for every KWH THAT THEY DO NOT USE ON THESE PEAK SOLAR DAYS. This proves they are paying more than $1.50 per kWh on those days... So do not be fed the BS from the utilities and fossil fuel industry that solar is "costing them money" when in fact they are skimming off the profits and taking them straight to the bank. But solar customers understand that this net profit to the utilities for their power is what they give up in order to have the grid as their storage system. So it is a win-win for both (and a lose-lose for the fossil fuel industry truing to burn every last drop. HERE IS MY EPIPHANY: In the past, it was the Fossil fuel people and their dirty PEAKING plants that were getting paid ten to twenty times the normal rate during PEAK solar days, and yet the utilty now is getting the same peak power from solar still at the net rate of ten cents. No wonder they feel threatened. Notice it is not the other rate payers losing money it is the dirty fossil fuel peak generator suppliers that see the ten-to-1 loss in their dirty peakers. And that is exactly as it should be. We need them and their dirty power off the grid. The sooner the better. Sure we need peaking plants, But we do not need to cry over them when solar can provide power to the grid at the same time for under 10% of their dirty costs. So it is not the other rate payers that are complaining, it is the dirty fossil fuel peaking plans using the good name of "other rate payers" to divide and conquer us. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160813/10f2361b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160813/8252fa97/attachment-0001.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)