I've seen a couple of sustainable houses that had their own battery banks.
Given how much electricity has been going up in NSW, and the fact that there are more rises set over the next couple of years, anything that cuts power bills is good.
Couple of recent things I found were people who had substantially cut their electricity usage and were still paying way more than they used to thanks to rises. I begrudge paying the bastards that charge people more for reducing their power usage. And some companies have started charging people who have solar cells more for any electricity they have to buy. I knew about this before we got the panels, and figured with our already low power usage we'd still be better off. Plus while I haven't done the math on the environmental impact behind the construction and installation of solar cells, I'm hoping it will reduce our carbon footprint a bit.
I don't think ours is one of the companies that charges the increased premiums.
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Date: 2011-02-01 12:26 pm (UTC)Given how much electricity has been going up in NSW, and the fact that there are more rises set over the next couple of years, anything that cuts power bills is good.
Couple of recent things I found were people who had substantially cut their electricity usage and were still paying way more than they used to thanks to rises. I begrudge paying the bastards that charge people more for reducing their power usage. And some companies have started charging people who have solar cells more for any electricity they have to buy. I knew about this before we got the panels, and figured with our already low power usage we'd still be better off. Plus while I haven't done the math on the environmental impact behind the construction and installation of solar cells, I'm hoping it will reduce our carbon footprint a bit.
I don't think ours is one of the companies that charges the increased premiums.