On my wishlist. Reverse or "net" metering - put wind, solar, or other power system on your home, school, whatever, and be allowed to actually contribute to the grid.
http://www.penlight.org/pages/pwrconnections/pwrconn_net_metering.html
Timely, given that it was announced today that Ontario's electricity rates are going up again.
Low and behold Ontario is setting up to do this!:
Word on the street is that this actually pays off over a rather large time horizon (10+ years) given the exorbitant cost of equipment. But as interest in this goes up, competition will get fierce and costs go down. In the short run I hope Dalton provides incentives for adoption they way goverments did in the past to covert from oil to gas furnaces.
(keep in mind these systems do not replace your reliance on the grid, they just allow you to use less from the grid)
http://www.penlight.org/pages/pwrconnections/pwrconn_net_metering.html
Timely, given that it was announced today that Ontario's electricity rates are going up again.
Low and behold Ontario is setting up to do this!:
Source: http://www.ontarioconserves.gov.on.ca/english/faq.aspThe provincial government is also preparing a regulation which will require all electricity distributors to allow "net metering". This will allow self-generators who still want to be connected to the grid, and are using qualified renewable systems, to avoid the need for their own storage batteries.
It is important to remember that like any structure, the installation of such systems must be in compliance with local by-laws. This can be more of an issue in urban areas where space limitations conflict with things such as setback requirements.
Word on the street is that this actually pays off over a rather large time horizon (10+ years) given the exorbitant cost of equipment. But as interest in this goes up, competition will get fierce and costs go down. In the short run I hope Dalton provides incentives for adoption they way goverments did in the past to covert from oil to gas furnaces.
(keep in mind these systems do not replace your reliance on the grid, they just allow you to use less from the grid)