Yes, I agree with that. Solar + battery is the better way to go.
The problems with underground are that: 1) It would likely be quite expensive
just to get the underground cable connected to our house. I could imagine it
costing 10K+ just to do that part quite easily. 2) It doesn’t address the
problem of outages on nearby streets or regional outages affecting our street.
It’s a lot of money for a partial solution.
Tom
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On Jan 12, 2021, at 6:59 PM, Alexander Lawrence <universalrisk@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
For 10k thats almost at solar plus battery for one small tesla power wall and
panels for about almost a full day backup for my power use. Certainly
overnight,, and day time power rebate from PGE..
With the federal and state incentives its not much more cash. With two power
walls I could be wholly off grid for tens of years and not dependent on PG
and E at all as well as a net savings over time other than selling back to
the grid.
Just a thought. That is a lot of money for something PGE should have been
doing at scale for years, not just for *grid resilience* but also for safety.
Especially as the temperatures rise. Certainly they are buried where I am
from in Europe because basic common sense...but it costs a bit.
https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-arent-power-lines-buried-underground.html
<https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-arent-power-lines-buried-underground.html>
Basically its the cash. And PGE ain't paying. Charming lot they are, given
their history..
Alex
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 6:17 PM Jennifer Engle
<dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello!
Power is out again... ughhh!!! I brought this up about a decade ago and
interest wasn’t high at the time. We could pay “as a street” to have our
power lines placed under ground. I don’t know specifics anymore, however I
would research more if there was serious interest. Last time the purchase
amount, I think less than $10k, was spread out over 5-10 years for individual
homeowners. We could achieve two different things by placing them underground.
1. Less power outages due to fallen lines or weather. I believe we would be
connected from the Broadway terrace section.
2. Our street would be finally repaved since they would need to dig it up to
place the new power lines. Something the city of Oakland will most likely
never put into action.
Thoughts? Think of it as a two for one deal 😉!
Best regards,
Jennifer Engle
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On Jan 12, 2021, at 4:12 PM, Carrie McKiernan <carriemckiernan@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:carriemckiernan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Steve just called 911 and reported it. The fire department knew about it
already and is sending a crew to check it out. Looks like the power pole
near Florence and Mountain.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 4:07 PM Joyce H <joyce.hemmer@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:joyce.hemmer@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Mine blinked a bit and went out.
Joyce
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