Running A/C on solar.

Huntindog wrote:

reed cundiff wrote:
Have done the math and it is practical.

Older son is off-grid
Daughter has 6 to 7 kW and gets $50 and more back each month from El Paso Electric (one of the few power companies that encourages solar) even in heat of summer (Las Cruces, NM)
Brother-in-law has around 4 kW in Albuquerque.
Younger son has no solar since his house is entirely shaded with older trees.

We have been off-grid (land power) and generator for two years except for one instance.

Do the math. It is a real act and not merely a meme. You could put 750 to 1000 W on a small TT.


Reed and Elaine

Do the math again without the federal/state subsidies and mandates.
No electric company willingly pays a customer for their using solar.
And the landscape is changing. As power companies see more solar use, they are fighting their subsidizing it, and they have the support of non solar users in this fight, as they are the ones ultimately paying the tab.

Right, up to a point, i.e. In my State the power utility made an agreement with the State that if they could store their used radioactive waste, in casks, and on site, they would produce their energy with 25% from alternative energy within 25 years. That bill has now become due for the utility. Three years ago, there was no one at the customer service level that could help me about installing PV at my home. Today, a home owner contract is in place, laws are being changed as to utility payments from users, and the utility is trying to bank the carbon credits from users of PV. Any direct rebates for purchasing PV are eroding and this is typical of other States that led the way. AFAIK, the federal tax credits for alternative energy still exist.

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