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Originally Posted by Zass38
Lincoln .. the reason for the large number of participating homes is for the Utility (SECO) to pay for part of the installation and conversion costs. In short the "federation" of these homes is then treated as a peaking power plant. This has the effect of being the same as a small power station for SECO when then really need the power, say on July 10 between noon and 2PM.
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Ok that sounds potentially logical. Does SECO have such a plan at this time? i.e. show me the money. It's a great talking point but I have to wonder why it hasn't been done so far. It sounds very simple but it must somehow be very complicated. I don't know. I do remember reading about individuals who sell power back to utility companies. But it is very rare. If it pays, I have to wonder why there aren't contractors beating down our door to install power systems to feed back in to the grid. You are right TV is probably in a very good location to use solar energy but yet very few have installed a system. If there is anyone interested I will happily lease my roof to an energy contractor. Or if someone can show me on paper how I can make money from solar power generation I will do it in a New York Minute.