I think the BC government is trying to encourage residential solar, like in California, but it should be better publicised or maybe the incentive is still too small, imo.
To add solar to an existing building, I need to convert my meter to a bi-directional one so that during low-demand, high-sun times, I can feed back energy into the grid and be compensated for it.
Both Fortis BC and BC Hydro put up administrative barriers to this in the form of filling out a proposal, including what gear you are installing, who is installing it, etc before they “approve” the meter. They will then charge you for the replacement, a few grand.
I think the BC government is trying to encourage residential solar, like in California, but it should be better publicised or maybe the incentive is still too small, imo.
It most certainly is not.
Both Fortis and HydroBC actively discourage ppl from requesting grid-tie meters.
They do? By what means?
To add solar to an existing building, I need to convert my meter to a bi-directional one so that during low-demand, high-sun times, I can feed back energy into the grid and be compensated for it.
Both Fortis BC and BC Hydro put up administrative barriers to this in the form of filling out a proposal, including what gear you are installing, who is installing it, etc before they “approve” the meter. They will then charge you for the replacement, a few grand.
What would you propose as an alternative?
Go off-grid, I suppose? What kind of question is this?