[AusNOG] Mixing tech stuff

[Jake Anderson]

My next property will be semi-rural.
Off grid at this stage looks like a winner if its going to cost more 
than $10k to get the power connected (which isn't much of a run) in that 
it should pay for itself very quickly.

On 19/06/14 13:41, Mark Newton wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Jarryd Sullivan <Jarryd.Sullivan at area9.com.au> wrote:
>
>> One concern up in the NT is Power and Water Corp tend to be very funny about solar innovation. Since they're the only power supplier in the NT to non-commercial users one would think they'd want to prevent people from using cheaper energy to keep their revenue higher.
> We’re not far from the inflexion point where it’s cheaper to install your own off-grid renewable power system scaled for a domestic household than it is to buy retail fossil power from a utility.
>
> So that strategy has a use-by date, and the more “successful” it is at maintaining higher prices, the quicker it’ll end.
>
>    - mark
>
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