09-04-2013, 03:33 AM
I bothered to read Rule 13-S.
Long story short and IMHO: the SSPP is only "worth it" if you pay in full and actually get the electricity turned on. Otherwise, you're financing the construction (at 9%, for up to 30 years) ... for the privilege of paying obscenely high electricity rates.
In theory, you get some of that money "back" if other people join "your" SSPP construction.
In practice, a small off-grid system can be built for less than the SSPP fees.
Long story short and IMHO: the SSPP is only "worth it" if you pay in full and actually get the electricity turned on. Otherwise, you're financing the construction (at 9%, for up to 30 years) ... for the privilege of paying obscenely high electricity rates.
In theory, you get some of that money "back" if other people join "your" SSPP construction.
In practice, a small off-grid system can be built for less than the SSPP fees.