Bruce MirkenThis is so painfully obvious it shouldn't need to be said, but I'm glad a major news service is saying it, and clearly. #IranWar #RenewableEnergy
Joseph A di Paolantonio@BruceMirken we pay US$0.0938/kWh to charge our Ioniq5 and our Anker F3800 & F3800 Plus batteries for our Home Power Panel time-of-use system. We charge both at night, when the energy source is hydro, wind and grid #BESS from solar. During the day, we use the batteries and we have solar photovoltaics and small vertical axis wind turbines to reduce grid usage when natural gas might be used on the grid. No one should have needed a war to show them the economics of renewables and BESS.
@jadp Yeah, happy Hyundai Kona Electric owner here. My power company's bills aren't models of clarity, but my "fuel" costs are no more than a third of what gas would cost.
@BruceMirken we have a county public utility district that powers our grid and fiber for Internet. The solar #BESS electricity is purchased at night from a neighboring county to our north. Wind is across the bay from us. Hydro is the main energy source. Natural gas generated energy is purchased from a neighboring county to our south, at need. The cost is fixed and doesn’t vary throughout the day nor the seasons.
@jadp That's great. I have to deal with Hawaiian Electric, which isn't the worst utility company in the U.S. (that title belongs in perpetuity to Pacific Gas & Electric), but suboptimal in several ways -- albeit with a growing renewable portfolio.
@BruceMirken yeah, absolutely agree on PG&E, I lived in the SF Bay Area for over three decades. Washington State varies, but we were pleasantly surprised by our county’s PUD.