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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I presume they don't want random batteries all over the place, connected to the grid, that could pose a hazard to workers. Now, I know some utilities are dicks about it. But you really do need the proper disconnects, and even then I assume utilities would want to be aware for safety reasons.
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Why do they care? I'm a customer of theirs. All they should care about is selling me their product, which is electricity. Oh wait, there's the catch. They just want to make sure they can sell me electricity and not have me self sufficient! That's the problem. They shouldn't care what type of storage system I have in place, as long as it is isolated from their system. But they do. They care because it prevents them from accessing my source of energy generation and also means I will have energy and not have them selling me energy.
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I also don't really think we should be having a grid so unreliable people need to take matters like that into their own hands. It's discriminatory against those who can't afford it, and it's inefficient, in that grid scale storage is a lot more cost effective.
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Who gets to determine reliability? This is a utility. Does your ISP give a flying #### about your home network? Nope. It's isolated from their systems. They are just selling you bandwidth and couldn't care less what type of system you run at home and what bad things you introduce to the larger eco system. Why is it that the utility gets to determine what I do as far as energy generation and consumption? They shouldn't. They should only care that I am connected and am a customer to by watts when my consumption exceeds my ability to produce my own energy.
And discriminatory? Now I've heard everything.
