what about a solar panel that feeds into a battery? my winter bill spiked due to using a space heater, for instance. If I could have plugged into a pattery, skipued the grid, that would have been great. Is it that the cost of the battery would be too high?
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I just got off the phone with a solar installer and they had 2 products, one which cost nearly 60-100k to install and could be done right away because of a deal with my local gov and electric utility. Also the net metering rate and credits are getting reduced by the same utility which is actually making a return on investment harder.
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Another solar product costs 40k but it may take years to get approval which is not guaranteed because so far every attempt for approval from the local gov and electric utility have been in limbo or flat out denied.
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In many areas, they flat out don't allow the second one at all.
that's so blatant
How hard is it to use something you plug in and leave sitting somewhere facing the sun? ๐คจ