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In article <5iIXj.542$mh5.416@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com>, 
notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net says...
> Eeyore wrote:
> > 
> > Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> > 
> >> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:47:27 -0700, Joerg
> >> <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is a major stumbling block in areas like ours: Monopoly, plus
> >>> baseline usage rules the monopoly imposes. The millisecond you exceed
> >>> baseline by IIRC as little as 30% electricity becomes painfully
> >>> expensive. Anyone who dared to use their A/C in summer knows that.
> >>> Unless this changes or one can line up a sweet and most of all longterm
> >>> night-time deal there won't be a realistic future for electric cars.
> >> One former EV-1 owner has a solution to the electric power cost
> >> problem:
> >> <http://www.solarwarrior.com>
> >> <http://www.solarwarrior.com/why.html>
> > 
> > A 30kW peak output PV solar array would cost somewhere in the region of
> > $120,000 in panels alone by my estimation yet would only provide around
> > 120kWh of electricity daily (worth around $12) on average. Factor in
> > financing costs and it simply will NEVER 'pay back'
> > 
> > Scale that down to a 12kWh EV battery pack daily recharge and it would still
> > cost you $12,000 PLUS and the associated installation, inverter etc, say
> > $20k overall. Yet it would only cost about $1.20 for that daily recharge
> > from the mains.
> > 
> 
> Not if you live in an area where electricity cost versus monthly usage 
> has the I/V characteristic of a silicon diode. Out here when you reach 
> 130% of baseline that would be the 600mV point. Go beyond that and 
> you'll hear a huge slurping sound. That sound would be coming from your 
> bank account. And that happens in a lot of other places, too.
> 
> 

That's ok, I just got a notice that National Grid is hiking electric 
rates in RI again. It's bad enough that with the combined distribution 
and generation charges we pay 14.5 cents per kWh. I don't know how much 
more I can bear of this. 

Deregulation, yeah it's only good for the company not for the people.