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[deleted] t1_jbg28jt wrote

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whatsupbudbud t1_jbh82rc wrote

I'm assuming the "M" stands for 1,000? So in December/January your around 250kwh and in the summer your pushing 1200-1500kwh?

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d-cent t1_jbgkc2b wrote

You're going to have to start using some electric heaters in the wintertime lol

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Dangerous_Mention_15 t1_jbhixqb wrote

Good thing your power output picks up when one needs to be running their heat pumps... Oh, wait. My bad.

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flambeaway t1_jbhxbnv wrote

Lots of people use AC (which most heat pumps double as).

I don't, but lots of people do.

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[deleted] t1_jbj8dg7 wrote

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Traditional_Bank_311 t1_jbm086f wrote

I don’t fault you for it, but it’s a market distortion and that power might not be coming from somewhere clean during peak winter demand.

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[deleted] t1_jbmbj2o wrote

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Dangerous_Mention_15 t1_jbmp6b4 wrote

My view is it might be better. But you're randomly adding a small amount of power to the grid in an originally unplanned location and doing so at a time when wholesale power is likely very cheap but pulling power back out when wholesale is very expensive and there is a good chance that gas turbines are being brought online to meet the peak load demands. This is likely shifting costs to lower socioeconomic class people. It's not meant as a bash against you, but against the system.

I do fine for myself. I make $400k to $500k per year, I work three days a week, and I have two heat pumps (no solar), etc. But I think the system of marked up electric prices, rebates, subsidies, etc is largely an inefficient wealth transfer program that disproportionately hurts the poorest in VT. I really think it stinks. Residential solar is pretty dumb in this geographic location (total costs per kwh, deaths per kwh, etc.). Nuclear, hydro, wind, and biomass are better contenders.

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