09-04-2014, 06:16 AM
This is what I got from helco's message -
Everybody going solar has made it really expensive for us to sell our old fashioned power. Rates will stay about the same for people without power (because they already pay a fortune) and people who grid tie will pay us a lot if money for the luxury of using our power at night. Our rates will never really come down, even by 2030, so expect to pay us for a really long time. BTW please don't go solar using your own $2000 battery bank cause then you'll never need our services again.
Everybody going solar has made it really expensive for us to sell our old fashioned power. Rates will stay about the same for people without power (because they already pay a fortune) and people who grid tie will pay us a lot if money for the luxury of using our power at night. Our rates will never really come down, even by 2030, so expect to pay us for a really long time. BTW please don't go solar using your own $2000 battery bank cause then you'll never need our services again.