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South Africa - load shedding is a curse word here :).

• toomuchtodo 11mo ago
  Great to hear about the fast payback period, wishing you reliable power :)
  • kragen 11mo ago
    tibbydudeza didn't post about a fast payback period. Maybe neebz is his wife?
    • toomuchtodo 11mo ago
      Broadly speaking, payback period in South Africa is very fast due to similar grid economics to Pakistan.
      • kragen 11mo ago
        But neebz may not be in Pakistan either. Oh, they are: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622584
    • tibbydudeza 11mo ago
      Payback - I never factored that in or even thought about that. I was more concerned about having reliable power and reducing my electricity bill. The daily 2-hour power cuts were getting out of hand, and I was running my business from my home office, so the tax incentives helped slightly. The grid is more stable now as new power units became available but a big chunk of middle-class consumers using solar are using way less power now, so the local town councils are having problems balancing their books (town councils re-sells electricity from the national operator).