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04-02-2021, 07:03 AM
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Because of my Ethereum mining, I had $50 in electricity bill last month, and $40 in my latest statement.
The past 3 days I've had solar overproduction, so I may have rounded the winter lull and be back to net zero.
Good thing you've prepared for the price increases. Makes the ROI date come sooner than anticipated.
The crazy thing is that my solar was largely funded by regressive policies. Make everyone pay more so that people who can afford homes and expensive solar can enjoy low utility bills.
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08-09-2021, 05:19 PM
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Riddle me this.
If "alternatives are cheaper" then why is the regulatory commission raising rate as newmexico adds more and more wind power?
As far as I can tell adding wind and solar makes electricity more expensive everywhere that isn't generating electricity with diesel generators or barging coal 1,000+ miles.
Change my mind.
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1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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08-09-2021, 06:16 PM
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I'd never say change my mind. Someone at 100 yards with a remote hole puncher might take me up on it.
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08-10-2021, 09:37 AM
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The crazy thing is that my solar was largely funded by regressive policies. Make everyone pay more so that people who can afford homes and expensive solar can enjoy low utility bills.
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you lucky dog! :P
Redpoint does your utility companies have minimum charges? I find my minimum charge is $70 and my utilities range from 150-250 lol
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08-10-2021, 09:58 AM
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Why does solar have to be on grid, especially if you have an electric car? I was thinking of adding some panels to run stuff and charge the ranger, but then the thought hit me: I'm retired, I can charge during the day and back feed stuff from the ranger at night. I sure as heck not going to bother with telling NVENERGY or even the city building dept.
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08-10-2021, 10:31 AM
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I’d worry more about the future cost of water than electricity.
My neighbor is 100% solar with no utility connection at all. No electric or gas. He changed all his gas appliances to electric. He has multiple batteries and can go for days without sun. Sun isn’t an issue here.
But the water table around here has fallen so low that you can’t drill a well. Two nearby hydropower reservoirs are so low they’ve stopped generating power. They’re talking desalination plants and LONG pipelines. New reservoirs won’t help here because we don’t get enough rain to fill them.
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08-10-2021, 04:47 PM
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I have a 18 inch bore well that can supply 100 gpm all day. If water prices go crazy I'll be rich.
I'm going to drop in a solar pump and a pneumatic pump and if that's not enough I'll run 240v power over there.
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2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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08-10-2021, 06:13 PM
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I’d worry more about the future cost of water than electricity.
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Makes sense.
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My neighbor is 100% solar with no utility connection at all. No electric or gas. He changed all his gas appliances to electric. He has multiple batteries and can go for days without sun. Sun isn’t an issue here.
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08-11-2021, 11:53 AM
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Redpoint does your utility companies have minimum charges?
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The meter fee is $11/mo; the price of being physically connected to the grid and maintaining an account with the utility.
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Why does solar have to be on grid, especially if you have an electric car? I was thinking of adding some panels to run stuff and charge the ranger, but then the thought hit me: I'm retired, I can charge during the day and back feed stuff from the ranger at night. I sure as heck not going to bother with telling NVENERGY or even the city building dept.
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Modern meters won't run backwards unless they are programmed to do so. The old physical meters often could be run backwards without the utility finding out, so long as you showed some net consumption every month.
My meter was replaced with the exact same model, but apparently it was programmed to "net meter" rather than run in only one direction.
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