Is the need for so many houses
Is the need for so many houses related to the reduced cost and the rate that they get from the utility? Net metering is available to anyone if the state laws require it. But the rate may be negotiated higher with the utility if there is alot.
I seem to remember reading someplace, that a developer did a 100 houses and the local firestation and strip mall and got the electric company to float a bond to pay for it. The cost of repaying the bond was deducted from the sell back and any additional electricity used by the homeowner was charged. So if in a particular month say Feb for heat and July for air the house used a ton of electric the bill could be big but the rest of the year it was dropped low (to like $25???) Wish I could remember the article location.
The Districts governing the rec centers, pools etc should definatley go solar they have alot longer to reap the benifits.
I don't live there yet or I would be signing up.
Trudy
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