ERD50
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OK Koolau. Then just looking at it from economics:
Just a guess, I don't have the numbers, but I'd bet that it does not make economic sense for a homeowner to install excess PV to sell back at wholesale rates.
And I don't think it makes sense to give homeowners tax rebates to install excess PV to allow them to sell back to the utility. It would seem more efficient for the utility to just go ahead and do that.
IIRC, Nords system still had a pretty long payback period, even considering used panels, DIY install, tax breaks, and offsetting retail electric rates. At wholesale, where would the payback be? I think that is why the rep had no answer - so few would want to do it.
-ERD50
Just a guess, I don't have the numbers, but I'd bet that it does not make economic sense for a homeowner to install excess PV to sell back at wholesale rates.
And I don't think it makes sense to give homeowners tax rebates to install excess PV to allow them to sell back to the utility. It would seem more efficient for the utility to just go ahead and do that.
IIRC, Nords system still had a pretty long payback period, even considering used panels, DIY install, tax breaks, and offsetting retail electric rates. At wholesale, where would the payback be? I think that is why the rep had no answer - so few would want to do it.
-ERD50