"One could stay connected to the grid, never adding power to the grid, but only 
drawing power in the off chance that the home storage runs short?"

...and/or do what Tesla is planning ie to sell the stored power to the utility 
in the event of a brownout, of course.  MW


On 17 Apr 2014, at 04:11, rayfellow wrote:

> "Option 2, however, is where it gets interesting. A Nissan LEAF battery with
> 80% of its capacity remaining still can hold about 19 kWh; .... 
> 
> Residential applications are what worry utility companies, though. As
> reported by Forbes in a similar article, the average US household uses 29.7
> kWh per day; a house wishing to go off the grid could reasonably do so in
> much of the country with solar panels, some efficiency measures, and a
> battery pack made with the modules of one and a half LEAF batteries."
> 
> I for one am ready to have my own 'power company'. What's to keep
> individuals from having their own home internal power supply (solar panels)
> and storage system (old Leaf batteries). One could stay connected to the
> grid, never adding power to the grid, but only drawing power in the off
> chance that the home storage runs short?
> 
> 

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