Just a couple of comments on this electrical theme. In Alberta, I am paying approx .06/KwHr. I signed a 3 yr contract with the supplier so that price is guaranteed.
Red Deer, AB, where I live in the winter there are 6 or 8 homes that are totally independant from the power grid, both electrical and gas. They have a slew of solar panels on the roof and use geothermic to heat and cool. Any excess power they generate that they can't store they "sell" to the power grid. (In truth, they get a credit which can be used for those days that they can't generate enough power via the panels) The downside of these homes is they cost approx 200K more than a home that is not energy independant. I think it will take a long time to pay off that 200K. My gut feeling is the owners are, enviromentally conscienous people, who also have a lot of excess money and they enjoy being able to brag to their friends that they are energy independant. In Ontario, where I spend my summers working on my trawler (mandatory boat tie in), if I were to build a wind generator, Ontario Hydro will buy the power from me at .35/KwHr and then resell at .07/KwHr. Yes, that is at a loss, but that is what it costs to generate power using the current wind technology. This way, Ontario Hydro can advertize that they are investing in a reusable energy generating system. Denmark, which has been involved in wind energy longer than any other country has thousands of them, yet they have yet to close even one coal fired power generating plant. Finally, I am not running down any alternate energy source, but I want to make the point that at our current technologic level most of the alternive methods are not efficient enough to be cost effective. Rob Z > > Basically about $0.14/KWH which is in line with the rest of the > country > except those subsidized area such as TVA, hudro in the NW, etc. > > Which just illustrates why solar will not be a stand alone > alternate > energy source. > > Wind as well as other sources, thermal etc, will need to be part > of ther > mix. > > > My electricity > > cost is in NY, approx twice the cost of many other states, but > still > > if you > > add any interest/time value of money, things need to change a > lot > > before > > this works.
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