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The positive part of this is that at least in some degree this will lead to more people going off-grid and the companies losing customers, a win both for genera
by maxlin 3y ago
The positive part of this is that at least in some degree this will lead to more people going off-grid and the companies losing customers, a win both for general survivability and the need to legitimize unreliable centralized poo you have dependence on.
- paulmd 3y agoIt’s quite often illegal to go off-grid and the power companies will also create financial disincentives (formalized via regulatory powers) for backfeeding the grid when they don’t want it to happen. They have made sure it’s a heads they win, tails you lose situation.
- infecto 3y agoI agree that sometimes counties have too many permits and requirements for rural areas but largely in any populated town, it makes sense to prevent off grid buildings. Similar to if you had a home without sewer hookups or permitted septic. On the back feeding side, I am not sure. While in many areas it’s not as financially lucrative to add back to the grid, it also is a much more realistic number. For too long areas like CA had models that meant homes were not contributing to the transmission they could access and were being paid closer to retail rates instead of generation rates. So I don’t think it’s quite as one sided as you paint it.