12-06-2017, 04:24 AM
“And Helco will tell you people going off the grid is causing their problems.”
Homes off the grid are stand alone and have nothing to do with Helco’s grid. They blame grid tie solar because they send power to the grid during the day and then depend on Helco to provide power to them at night.
Grid tie solar basically uses the Helco grid as their nighttime battery so Helco has to provide more power at night to the grid.
Basically grid tie equals solar power during daylight and oil powered (and geothermal) electricity at night.
Homes off the grid are stand alone and have nothing to do with Helco’s grid. They blame grid tie solar because they send power to the grid during the day and then depend on Helco to provide power to them at night.
Grid tie solar basically uses the Helco grid as their nighttime battery so Helco has to provide more power at night to the grid.
Basically grid tie equals solar power during daylight and oil powered (and geothermal) electricity at night.