I guess it’s that time of year to ask at what price point does it make sense for wildland-urban interface households to switch from PG&E to solar/micro grids at scale?
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And also if there are papers out there that compare performance and % revenues spent on maintenance for investor-owned versus public utilities?
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Well, this bill mandating solar for newly constructed California homes starting in 2020 estimates that it adds about $10K in costs per home. That... doesn’t seem insane?https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/california-solar-panel-mandate-could-cost-new-homeowners-big.html …
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Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted gettingtoresilience
I was hoping Energy and Sustainability Twitter would manifest....https://twitter.com/get2resilience/status/1182068328631660544?s=21 …
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gettingtoresilience @Get2ResilienceReplying to @Get2Resilience @kimmaicutlerThe challenge is that during a normal power outage PG&E needs to protect workers by having a de-energized grid. If a homeowner is plugged in with solar/battery they put workers at risk. Again, there are tech solutions to create fixes, but this is a HUGE barrier to hybrid systems.2 replies 0 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
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Also going to re-up this
@LeroyWesterling paper. Even in a good scenario where we revive the Paris Accord and significantly cut emissions, so much more of California is going to burn regularly compared to the 1961-1990 baseline.https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/1101538810008002560?s=21 …Kim-Mai Cutler added,
Kim-Mai CutlerVerified account @kimmaicutlerBloomberg made a graphic of@LeroyWesterling’s paper on how much California burns in two generations. The left is if we actually reverse course and cut emissions. The right is the current course. (Both are already much worse than today.) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-01/california-s-wildfires-show-we-ll-all-pay-for-climate-change … pic.twitter.com/gz6Py2LSPzShow this thread3 replies 1 retweet 9 likesShow this thread
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Pretty much what I assumed. Let’s says $50K/home * 1.7M homes in the WUI in California = $85B? https://twitter.com/andymoonsun/status/1182309506954530817?s=21 …
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