Re: No-Cost Solar Power Electric will be here this year.
sounds good but.... I thought the gas and hydro remarketers that showed up at my door had represented a "good" deal until I crunched the numbers and found that there was no real saving at the end of the plan and my own research indicated that the hydro was not going to be allowed to reach the actual 13 cent cost not reflected in the rates at the time which were 4.5 and 5.0 cents over 1000 kwh. The remarketer declared the price would reach the actual according to their research within the 5 years. 3 years left and I'm right so far, for not signing up at 9.9 centswhen I pay half that still. So much for Dink Dalton Mc Cheeseball's campaign promise of no increase. What you read on the lips was not spoken through his shifty eyes. His speech was typically more reminiscent of the south bound offerings of a north bound moose. " We didn't know then what we know now" Riiiiiggght
Here's my issue- Hydro is subsidised and I think it should be free. Notwithstanding. No hydro in Canada and the northern US and you are a human popsicle or hypothermic half the year without it. regardless; we pay and fear to lose it.
This solar plan proposes to charge a rate equivalent to the current hydro rate yet that rate reflects a subsidized cost of generation in Canada(13 cents; 6.5 charged) and solar does not cost the same to generate as hydro and it's based on the cost of the unit and maintenance. Like remarketing on fuel, ngas and hydro; are the savings real or marketing.
Got numbers??anyone
perhaps it's worth just buying it and paying a serviceman. what much can go wrong? like any other appliance. I already maintain a septic system and a water pump on a 325 foot well. Furnace becomes a woodstove in a blink. One more step and I'm free. for a price! I guess it always comes down to what is "convenient" to afford. I can agree that it sounds honestly like a decent idea to get folks on the go since the question of who will afford to go solar unless there are programs for assistance. On that count I give the idea 4 stars and apparently, so do their financiers.
Sim
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