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I started my battery installation months before electricity costs started escalating. Going to finish it up phase I this week. It's not the kind that connects to the grid. Just don't trust the electric company.
That's my plan, I'm cutting myself off from the grid. My electric company announced rate increases just 2 weeks ago. AI data center rumors while pro AI data center propaganda is being aired on commercial slots on local news affiliates. They are slow boiling the frog
Same here. We not only got a rate increase notification but also "demand pricing". Higher rates from 4 pm to 9 pm, which is a bigger hike than the rate increase. Once again undermining people with grid tie systems, which fall off after 4 pm. They're diabolical. It may be a bit paranoid but my plan is to go solar and use the grid for backup power.
It’s because your utility power costs go up at that time too. Since they didn’t prepare for the eventual home solar uprising they now have to find a way to make a profit somehow, and papa sing the cost through to you is the only thing they can think of.