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Originally Posted by Manic!
My buddy owns a company that installs solar on houses. So if you got any questions i can ask him. It does take a long time to pay off but that's at current rates. I believe just like everything else hydro rates will go up. He just did an install with solar and batteries. The batteries can be set to charge themselves at night when the hydo rates are lower.
If I ever build a house I will be installing as many panels as I can.
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ROI in BC ain't good.
BC Hydro costs $0.1097 CAD/kWh for electricity.
PG&E costs $60c USD / kWh in Cali and they get hella sun down there.
That's like 7x the cost for electricity and they have higher demand for HVAC.