At $0.34/KwH it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to use the grid if you could avoid it. Unfortunately, most of the electricity in AK is generated with diesel, making it really, really expensive. Add to that the cost of the infrastructure and you can see why power is easily 4x what it costs in the lower 48.
As a former generator guy, I can tell you that someone with my former skill set could make a very, very good living in AK, and I knew a number of people who did. Nearly every one of the indigenous people’s villages are powered with diesel. -D > On Oct 12, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > The local installer who was part of the presentation only does on grid stuff, > so was not all that versed with off grid system. The main presenter was all > engineering and knowledge, as well as a user of his own PV system. He made > note that there is, or upcoming tech to allow you to sever the system from > the grid with a magical box. Much like the back up generators for > commercial/industrial operations (hospitals) but cost is an issue. > > Net metering was a cost waste, as he is capable of pushing electrons back > onto the grid when he had fully met his own needs. The cost to suck down an > electron runs around $0.34 KwH, and his electrons are put on the grid at > $0.03. The big savings seems to be you can harvest your PV power for “free” > and save the high cost of grid power better in ANC than the paltry return > from a place like SEA, where power is all of $0.09 KwH > > > clay > >> On Oct 12, 2019, at 4:16 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Most don't understand that the TRUE name of 'net zero' metering is >> just an accurate description of what you get from your expensive solar >> array when the grid is down. :-) >> >> What doesn't seem to exist are the electronics to push back to the grid >> only when the grid's on, AND your storage batteries are full, and that will >> run your house from batteries while the grid is down. You can either go >> full off-grid solar, with batteries, OR on-grid solar, sans batteries; not >> both. >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
