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Re: Split to California energy politics (from kWH Grid Solar)
(Quote) Agreed! Real time pricing by the hour with a simple method of getting the signal (a URL with easily accessible hour-ahead pricing.) That would use market forces to quickly "fix" the powe… (View Post)1 -
Re: Split to California energy politics (from kWH Grid Solar)
(Quote) Agreed. It's not, for example, worth $150/mwhr (what they are paying now for nuclear) or $105/mwhr (coal.) The reason they are buying it in a very big way is that they can get it for $40… (View Post)2 -
Re: Split to California energy politics (from kWH Grid Solar)
(Quote) Currently subsidies are certainly needed to have solar make sense for cases like Massachusetts residential installations. But utility scale installations are already being built without s… (View Post)2 -
Re: Outback Skybox
(Quote) I believe Phase 1 of Rule 21 (the one that's in place now) does not require communications - just the grid support functionality. Phase 3 definitely does. (View Post)1 -
Re: Connecting solar panels to hot water heater
(Quote) Just as a note, yes, it's a neat idea. But: 1) You can't skimp on mounting or wiring just because it's not grid tied. You still need to safely mount the panels and run the wiring. A wi… (View Post)1
