The majority of home owners don't have a yard big enough for ground mounted panels. So if this bill had passed, it would mean that an enormous amount of homes would not be allowed to install Solar. And that would mean that FPL, and other power companies, can still make huge profits.
Not really, but takes time and space. Depending on the roof, there won't be space to put them while doing the roof. So it takes 3 times as long to do the roof as the panels/equipment needs to be stored on the ground
yeah, they do. The tar in the shingles won't break down no where near as fast. So a 20yr roof could last 30+yr. Except for the areas where the panels don't cover the shingles. The work around would be to install a metal roof
Don't wanna do this, realistically. Each mount point would be an ingress point of failure. Even tho they could be slopped with tar, but this is very messy and doesn't guarantee a good seal. Take a look at roof vents. Those tarred areas need to be visited more than once a 20yr period. More like 10yr, to make sure there are no cracks in the tar.
I haven't done this, but I do live in Florida where the heat on roofs is very punishing. And then hurricanes with high winds that can force water in places you thought were sealed. So we want as few holes in the roof as possible.
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Good article. Often we view Republicans are for big business but Gov. Ron DeSantis used his head and decided on what was right. Here is my theory, if 3/4 of a state have solar then the Power company would make less money, Period. But they would burn less fossil fuel, so their fuel bill will go down. Their generators would not have to run so hard so their maintenance bill should go down. They would have to cut some personnel who have to retrain to become solar installers. The world would shift just like we did from horseshoes to rubber tires.Here's another article, but this one is about Mississippi
Utilities push back against growth of rooftop solar panels
In most states, utilities pay solar customers for power they send back to the grid. But there's a battle over what that sun-fueled energy is worth.
Yeah, made sure that my power goes through a alternative electrical panel. That means I can put circuits on solar or grid, cannot be on both. That restricted me to only 10 breakers, so I only have all my 120 V on solar, but the 240 V is still grid. Cuts my grid electrical usage by about 65%. My panels are in the back yard. What is crazy is, I have the most perfect roof for solar. A HUGE roof facing due South. The wife would not let me do solar on it, because of the expense of getting a new roof down the road if there was solar on there.
She started to come around, when again last week, I heard a transformer blow, and the power was off for about 2 hours while FPL fixed it. We did not realize the power was out. My wife said the dryer was broken, she said she tried to turn it on and nothing. That was how I figured out the power was out
Plan on moving in a couple of years, so now sense in doing it now.
Man! Utility Companies have all the lame excuses, the backfeeding into the grid issue has been addressed and still continues to be address way back when the Grid-tie inverter was being developed.
Yeah, more of a problem with generators, as most people do that their selves. I did my solar, but I understand what is going on. The average bubba who hooks up his generator would not think about feeding into the grid.
I might be wrong, but doesn't a grid sized transformer service dozens or even hundreds of houses? With your idea, a big handful of houses would suffer from power outages because of one idiot backfeeding. Which... could be a good idea? Nothing like social pressure from your neighbors to get people to stick to electrical regulations.
Depends on where the transformer is located. Most ppl who live outside of the city have a single transformer per home. Rural networks will have a common transformer and is a bit bigger.
They should be able to, yeah. There is a big contactor in there as the power company can send the signal to turn off the power remotely. So they should be able to detect backfeeding as well.
As long as you don't generate more power than you actually use, then you will never output to the grid. So if your gear monitors the amount of power coming in from the grid and keeps the draw <10A then you would keep your utility costs low while still producing your own power.
