When Feds, State, and Utilities Argue About Your Energy Bill!

Think switching to mini-splits and EVs will slash your energy bills? Not so fast! 🤔

We're all being nudged towards these "efficient" options, but there's a catch. With half our electricity coming from out-of-state at premium prices, those promised savings might vanish before they begin. And that's just the start of our energy woes.

Brace yourself for a utility bill surprise. 📈 Grid upgrades, expansion, and climate-proofing don't come cheap, and guess who's footing the bill? Yep, us consumers. It's a necessary evil as we transition to greener energy, but it's hitting our wallets hard.

Now, you might be thinking those government rebates for going electric will save the day. 🎭 Think again. They're actually a goldmine for monopoly utilities. We're essentially handing them billions in new business while our bills keep climbing.

So, what about solar? It sounds promising - like locking in your energy prices for 25 years. ☀️ But even this silver lining has a cloud. Only 30% of people qualify, and there's talk of phasing out net metering. If you're considering solar, focus on using what you produce rather than banking on selling it back to the grid.

As energy-conscious homeowners, we're left navigating a complex landscape of rising costs and changing incentives. 🏡 It's not all doom and gloom, but it certainly requires some strategic thinking.

How are you tackling these energy challenges? Share your strategies below! Let's learn from each other as we work towards a more sustainable (and affordable) energy future. 💡

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[brannonburroughs]

This is very discouraging. I would love to do solar in my home in NC, but the risks are significant and the incentives are dwindling.

[edenmolinar]

The pessimism is real... inevitably change will come better sooner than later when crude is nonexistent and very expensive.

[stephenbrickwood]

Competing vested interests create a lot of bs stories.

[stephenbrickwood]

My feed-in 5cents kWh, supply 50cents kWh.

Grid makes dirt cheap electricity expensive electricity.

Return on infrastructure investment and maintenance and expansion and workers and equipment.

Note new infrastructure construction values the existing infrastructure.
Mileage rate $/mile x total length to millions and millions of customers.

Return on total investment $BILLIONS per year.

Nobody is thinking about the massive cost of the grid.

Nobody even sees the grid.
Nobody thinks that is my money used to transmit over huge distances.

Everybody thinks it is government money or others money.
Nobody thinks that it is the grid that makes electricity expensive.

THINK ABOUT FACTS and then make decisions.

Offgrid in the suburbs terrifies national grid owners.

BV, battery vehicles, have oversized, for daily drive, batteries.
Most vehicles are parked 23hrs every day and all night long.

BV makes rooftop PV extremely valuable.
No grid electricity costs.
No heating gas costs.
No petroleum costs.

After-tax savings huge.

A little fossil fuel in winter weeks is nothing.
Petroleum for road building and petrochemical industry will continue.

[brianhurt]

No upgrades in a hundred years all bullshit