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Only for people that own their house; renters won't be able to take advantage of this because it's a lot of capital outlay that the home owner gets no benefit f
by DrStalker 10y ago
Only for people that own their house; renters won't be able to take advantage of this because it's a lot of capital outlay that the home owner gets no benefit from. Same for anyone in an apartment.
So the residential market for purchased electricity will never go away, but a significant reduction would still be a huge win.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoRenters can buy solar from those producing it via virtual net metering or community solar garden projects. Doesn't have to be on your own roof to opt in.
- euyyn 10y agoPlus if you offer me a place where I don't have to pay an electricity bill, I'm able to contribute that money towards a higher rent than otherwise.
- ekianjo 10y agoI dont know where you live but in 3 different countries where i have lived till now the electricity bill was never high enough for me to take it in account for the choice of a place.
- icebraining 10y agoIn Portugal you can get a 2 bedroom condo for 300€/month, but a family of three can easily pay 50€/month in electricity alone.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoWhere at in Portugal? Curious so I can take notes as part of my "places I'd like to live for a bit around the world" notebook.
- icebraining 10y agoAlmost anywhere! The only exceptions are the more touristic centres, like the Algarve coast or Lisbon itself, but even there you can find those prices right across the river.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoThank you!
- ekianjo 10y agoOK, then that's some very cheap accomodation. Never lived in a place where you could get such a good deal :)
- icebraining 10y agoIt's not that great of a deal when you earn a Portuguese salary :)
- toomuchtodo 10y agoIn Florida, your electric bill can be several hundred dollars a month in the summer.
- adiabatty 10y agoI'm not seeing a collapse of the market, but I'd expect summertime A/C costs to be less than they would otherwise. Here in California, that's a solid win.
- michaelbuckbee 10y agoThis is an interesting thought. Some apartment complexes already do some form of resold Internet or Cable access. I could see them doing a mass solar install similarly.
- _ph_ 10y agoIf rooftop solar is profitable it doesn't matter too much who owns the house. The owner still could sell the electricity to the renters.
- mseebach 10y agoIndeed, the landlord can probably get away with mandating that his tenants buy a certain minimum amount of power at a certain cost giving him a fixed income to finance the capital outlay against.