is it to a workshed or is it to your house? if it is a house, i personally would start with a 25Kw generator for main power(on BD of course), and then next begin replacing big energy sinks like heating and cooling with geothermal, woodfire, heating oil(and all its variants), biogas, or solar/solar-thermal systems (preferably a mix for reliability). it will take a while, but after all is said and done, you can call out the PGE surveyor and rub it in his face.(oh BTW, show him the total cost and compare his first estimate, then tell him to take his 17000 powerline and stick it! ;D )
Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Provost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:35 PM Subject: [Biofuel] To Grid or Not to Grid? > Just got the quote from PG&E for the hookup to a power line > 700 ft away -- $17000 USD !!!!! > > Granted, a good standalone system would be at least > twice that, given my love of power tools and radiant > floor heat :-) Still it's offensive to just cave in to them, and > it's almost like they priced the connection at the maximum > that would still be (barely) advantageous to accept. > > I'm tempted to stay offgrid just for 700 feet -- any thoughts > would be welcome..... > > > > -K > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.0/388 - Release Date: 7/13/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.0/388 - Release Date: 7/13/2006 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
