Solar power planning in 2 other states

[MarkD]

This fascinating PBS segment from Dec. 6 reports on solar power in Vermont and Florida. Vermont's power utility works with the community to move into a new era of power sharing, including the leasing of giant Tesla batteries.

Vermont's Green Mountain Power's CEO has quite a different philosophy than our HELCO officials. Time to rethink how we handle solar power in Hawaii?

Start at 44:00.

http://www.pbs.org/video/pbs-newshour-fu...512580540/

[PaulW]

Those Tesla batteries could be very useful in storing solar, and they seem to know how to get them working quickly:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/01/tesl...australia/

[tada]

Prices might go up next year.



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-t...SKBN1E031S

[SBH]

My son is working at the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, NV outside Reno making Tesla batteries. They say Reno’s so close to hell you can see Sparks.

The weak link in going off grid is the batteries. Lead-acid batteries are 1859 technology.

[punaticbychoice]

Hawaii State and County government and Helco together with the elites now running the Federal Government
behaving like a "dead hand" on us all.[}]