Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020)
by frumper on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:38AM
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California has a net metering plan that has only gotten worse over time. We're on the verge of enacting NEM 3.0 which will make just having solar have a much higher monthly connection fee, but also will reduce even further the amount of credit you get for sending power to the grid.
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Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020)
by abetusk on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:35PM
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Are there any disincentives in creating a solar system that's completely separate/disconnected from the power grid?
Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020)
by frumper on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:10PM
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Off the top of my head, sure. I'd imagine it would be harder to resell an off-grid home in suburban California, I'd certainly be hesitant to buy a home like that. Any issues could cause outages until you get it fixed, which may or may not be as quick as you'd like. Battery-backed PV systems are more expensive. More energy management would be required of the user, it's not as simple as never really worrying about whether you have power. None of those prevent most people from being able to go off grid, but they would be disincentives.