On 3/21/21 11:00 AM, Bobby Keeland via EV wrote:
As of January 1, 2020 no customers were allowed to get net metering. Those of us who already had net metering were grandfathered in for a few years. When the grandfathering runs out I guess that we will have to pay in order to give our excess electricity to SLEMCO. I also consider that the
That is very similar to my provider, a coop. The $.03 meter I mentioned is grandfathered from a dropped program. The $.06/$.10 deal is the replacement program which I voluntarily converted to since I wanted to sell them a lot of energy. It is rare, except for coops, for an electric utility to pay cash for over production. Mine pays the $.03 only annually but monthly $.06 on the new program. The new program, you sell to them during daylight for $.06, then buy at night for $.10. For two years, I've avoided buying any significant amount using a PowerWall. I realized when I started that it was not cost effective. After cycling my PW ~800 times, I decided to prolong the battery life and save the PW for emergencies.
From another part of this very interesting thread: I was pointed to a new Mitsubishi air source heat pump that produces heat from extraordinary cold air without resistive heat. Down near zero, as I recall. I haven't seen any efficiency numbers. As you likely know, ground source heat sources are VERY expensive to reach. I have an abundant supply of fairly shallow ground water, ~70 deg year round, that could make an excellent source. I've considered using the circulating water without a heat pump to both heat and cool. In southern Louisiana, I imagine you are in even better shape on ground water. The problem is that no ground source heat pump suppliers seem to offer a "well water to waste" heat option.
Electric coop comment: Mine owns no generation. I'm not sure how common that is. They don't much care who they buy from. Distant power, west Texas wind and PV, has significant transmission costs. My coop pays no transmission fees on my PV power.
_______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
