Michele and All, I will introduce myself first since I am new. I am an Electrical Engineer at Honeywell in Clearwater, FL. Looking to build my first EV soon for commuting purposes. So be on the lookout for questions from me and or any resources you all may have you can send my way.
As far as your statement / Question Michelle about the storage and reselling of electricity. You are correct in the thinking that once the electricty passes through your meter you are charged for it and what you do with it is your business. If you wish to store it and sell it have at it if you can find someone to purchase it from you but keep in mind they can get it from the same electric company you stored it from. As far as using Wind and or Photovoltaic sources on your home and selling it to the power company. There are some forms available on their websites you can fill out. Get it signed by a licensed electrician and submit, some charge a processing fee. The Electric Company will then proceed to your home and install a metering device to measure any electricity that is sent back to the Power Grid. Any power that is sent to the grid well be credited to you either in your upcoming power bill or in a check. The Value of the electricity is calculated from the Current market values. I hope this information helps. On 9/3/08, Michael Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Michele and All, > > > > I believe only utilities can sell > > electricity in Fla so you might want to check that out > > before buying meters. Of course I don't think the electric > > company will mess with those whom give them their Ok to do > > business. Or since they are the only ones, shame, reqire > > them into putting charging outlets in various places. > > Generally for quite a while the cost of > > charging EV's until there are more of them, is not going to > > be worth the cost, hassle to collect it. If an EV charge > > point spent more than $10/month on it's electric, probably > > much less, I'd be surprised. > > In my last, next EV I get 100mile range > > on $1.10 of electricity. Cities generally pay less by about > > 1/2 of that for electric, not worth charging for in the next > > say 5 yrs. By then the law should be changed and enough EV's > > to make charging pay for it's equipment, labor, bookkeeping. > > Jerry Dycus > > > > those laws were written by utility companies to keep people from doing > business. I think there could be a way around it. If the electricity was > stored in batteries or collected by the sun you could argue that you have > already purchased the electricty so therefore can do with it as you wish. > Software and music companies had in there EULA that you could not resell > the > software or music. This was argued through the courts and the courts > determined that if you purchase something then you have the right to do > with > it as you wish. > > Yes the arguement can be made that you could not resell the electricty that > is constantly coming into your house/business but then again, you are > buying > the electrons so once they pass the electric meter you should be ABLE to do > what you want with them. Heck, the electric company says that they will > only repair the electric lines up to your meter, and after that is the > property owners responsibility. So the electric that passes the meter > should also no longer be under control by the electric company and the > person should be able to do with it as they chose, even to sell the > electrons that were legally purchased from the electric company. > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > listserv@floridaeaa.org > http://www.floridaeaa.org > -- Jeremy Ludes 727-415-2877 _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org
