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UnfairAd7220 t1_j79nhb0 wrote

Avoided cost isn't a savings. The meanings are not interchangeable. Renewables, like solar and wind are only available 25% and 35% of the time.

How much would we have saved if we kept VT Yankee going?

'Decreasing the cost of power' would have it well below a .10, seeing that's where it was even a couple years ago.

VT has a helluva plan.

ISO NE is hanging on by it's fingernails.

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gn84 t1_j79i9bl wrote

Well-designed modern hvac systems are intended to maintain a set temperature differential. Last night was an outlier event that was likely well below the designed temperature. My guess is that it's working exactly as intended.

The idea is that it's better to be chilly for one night every 3-5 years and save hundreds of dollars in energy the rest of the year. Having a secondary/backup source of heat would solve that problem.

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piscatator t1_j79hreu wrote

I was wrong. Vermont Efficiency has saved Vermont ratepayers an estimated 3 Billion dollars since its inception, not a billion. As Amory Lovins stated many years ago the cheapest electricity is the kilowatts you don’t use. Oh and Vermonters have averaged .20 cents a kWh to NH’s .26 cents over the last two years while greatly increasing the amount of renewable energy produced electricity. Vermont actually has an energy plan and it’s working to decrease the cost of electricity for the ratepayers and make the source of that electricity more secure and environmentally friendly.

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Amylynn860 t1_j79h4en wrote

I really wonder what their intentions were... like for real. Who thought this idea up? A five year old? If they didn't want it seen it wouldn't have been so huge. One would think China could do something the size of my pinkie nail.

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Oldphile t1_j79cd92 wrote

Do what I did. Buy a $10,000 standby generator and then they will cut back the trees and you'll seldom lose power again. I moved to NH in 2005 and went through a one week power outage and multiple other lengthy outages. Since installing the generator I haven't lost power for more than 6 hours. Murphy's law.

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