Door to door people are selling the heck out of rooftop solar and "community solar" here. Somone on a FB group pointed out they saved more money by switching to an hourly or time-of-day plan with ComEd, and running high power appliances when the price is low. I think they send emails or text messages when the price drops and you can charge your EV or dry clothes or switch on the electric heat or whatever it is people run during off peak to save money. Maybe the grow lights for the weed in your spare bedroom?
-----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Cc: AFMUG <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Balcony solar In Utah most get their power from Rocky Mountain Power. If you dont have a grid tie agreement and meter, the meter will measure excess production and bill you for it Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 5, 2025, at 1:08 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just read about this. It's apparently been a big thing in the EU, and Utah > just approved it for residential installations with "almost" no permit > requirements. A company (forget the name) is trying to get it going in > several municipalities around the SF Bay Area. > > You just plug the whole thing into a dedicated circuit, and you have a > small-scale solar installation. Bada bing. Probably only good for a few > hundred watts, but the simple permitting eliminates the one big hurdle for > most solar installs. > > The one thing I don't understand is it requires an "islanding device" that > prevents it from backfeeding onto the grid. What happens when the islanding > device fails? Does it have some kind of fail safe? > > > -- > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
