This is a fantastic initiative. Hopefully all parties subscribe to this.

It’s win win for all involved. Only power companies would be against this.

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    -21 year ago

    Yes, but the power company typically buys it from you at roughly half the price they sell it for, so a system that is offsetting power used on the premises is far more cost effective than one on an empty house.

    There’s also transmission losses to consider.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Put in a larger battery if you are interested in using site produced solar at unlit hours.

    • @Mojojojo1993OP
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      21 year ago

      Less usually. Half the time it costs you to supply them with power. It’s a rip off

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        -31 year ago

        Why do you think we step up the voltage as far as 220 thousand volts? You can lose a maximum of 5% of the nominal supply voltage between the switchboard and the load inside a building, and 7% from the point of supply to the load.

        Transmission loss on low voltage is definitely not insignificant.