On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:38:18 -0600 Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In some cases solar power (or even wind) is really complicated. You > can arrange to sell electricity back to the grid, and then draw from > the grid during no sunshine periods, making the grid act as a sort of > battery for you. But in most states the politics are such that while > you can make your net electricity rate 0, but you have to still pay > the line fees. So being completely neutral with the electrical > company is quite difficult. Another gotcha is that when they sell you power, you pay retail. But they buy power from you at wholesale, often considerably less. So financial breakeven (as opposed to power breakeven) is considerably more expensive. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
