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Originally Posted by photon
So this is just taking advantage of natural gas pricing being low enough that electricity generated by these is cheaper than electricity off the grid?
If enough of these were installed wouldn't that stop being the case?
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Pretty much on gas prices. There is also savings on the variable cost of electricity distribution. Installed generation would have to become pretty ubiquitous to move gas prices by itself. That's unlikely (imo) since it's not a great replacement where the hvac is set up for forced air, it's much more economic as a replacement for a boiler in a hot water heating system.
Plus, if gas prices go up, electricity prices will have to go up in tandem since gas is the marginal generation in Alberta. So the margins will likely always be there, even if they're not as good as they are currently.