Some people here in TX signed up for a wholesale variable rate plan like that and ended up with a $15k electric bill when the winter apocalypse sent rates to the moon.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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