Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat
by jfoutz on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @11:24PM
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> Oh, that's exactly what I want
Hah. Existential quantifiers are hard.
I’m not an electrician, and that’s who you should talk with.
However, it’s way easier to just trip a breaker when the power goes out. The whole neighborhood is drawing from your battery, breaker flips and you are done.
A single meter tie is simple. You use what you generate. Any extra makes the meter run backwards. You draw more, you pay for it. The infrastructure probably can’t handle whole neighborhoods doing this.
IMHO, they should charge a flat monthly fee for the option to connect.
Hah. Existential quantifiers are hard.
I’m not an electrician, and that’s who you should talk with.
However, it’s way easier to just trip a breaker when the power goes out. The whole neighborhood is drawing from your battery, breaker flips and you are done.
A single meter tie is simple. You use what you generate. Any extra makes the meter run backwards. You draw more, you pay for it. The infrastructure probably can’t handle whole neighborhoods doing this.
IMHO, they should charge a flat monthly fee for the option to connect.