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Up here in Northern California quite a few of us live off grid with just solar/batteries. What law says that a grid hookup is required? Is it at the county leve
by knoebber 4y ago
Up here in Northern California quite a few of us live off grid with just solar/batteries. What law says that a grid hookup is required? Is it at the county level?
- rwbt 4y agoMost counties require houses to be hooked up to the grid. That's why people who prefer living off grid choose unincorporated lands.
- nonethewiser 4y agoMost counties in California
- jjeaff 4y agoMost all urban and suburban areas. I think it's usually municipalities that have these requirements.
- HyperSane 4y agoWhy would you want to live off the grid? Battery solar is more expensive than utility power.
- azinman2 4y agoUntil you’re building transmission to your house
- HyperSane 4y agoDon't build a house where there aren't any power lines.
- BuckyBeaver 4y agoHe just defeated your argument, so now you're telling everyone to be helpless. Brilliant.
- HyperSane 4y agoDude is complaining about a 100% predictable consequence of his own actions.
- BuckyBeaver 4y agoWrong. Re-read.
- kcb 4y ago$75K could get you an insane solar system.
- HyperSane 4y agoIt could also be invested and pay for decades of electricity.
- BuckyBeaver 4y agoNo, because if you bothered to read what he said, it would cost that much to INSTALL it... and THEN pay more in a lifetime of very high bills.
- HyperSane 4y agoOnly because HE chose to build his house in an area without power lines.
- BuckyBeaver 4y agoYou sure work hard to promote helplessness. Do you feel helpless?
- NullPrefix 4y agoUntil the next price hike
- HyperSane 4y agoSolar power from a battery is the most expensive electricity.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoBecause power outages are extremely annoying and eliminating dependencies is a good thing.
- HyperSane 4y agoThey are also very rare and a simple diesel or natural gas generator is a far cheaper method of getting power during an outage.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago> They are also very rare Not where I live. > a simple diesel or natural gas generator is a far cheaper method of getting power during an outage. Not self-sustainable. The goal is completely self-contained energy generation. Dependence on externally sourced fuels fails the requirements.
- tguvot 4y agoiirc it works through building code. it has some parts related to grid hookup and without it house won't be up to code/pass inspection. Not sure what are implication in this case
- sowbug 4y agoThey turn off your power if you don't pay your electric bill. Do they keep charging a hookup fee after they've unhooked you? (I know the answer is yes, because the answer to this kind of question is always yes...)
- tguvot 4y agothey will also send your bills to collections, which will be rather unpleasant, i guess
- a9h74j 4y agoThe Earthship Community (dirt in tires homes) in New Mexico eventually had to register as a subdivision and put in sewage lines etc, AFAIK.
- yencabulator 4y agoThat's crazy because there's houses with septic tanks all over Northern New Mexico -- outside the cities.