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kaelwdtoday at 6:24 AM1 replyview on HN

45% of us either rent or live in apartments.


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bruce511today at 7:39 AM

Sure, a battery isn't available to everyone. But I is available for many.

One would have to do the math, cost of battery versus 24kw free daily. But clearly for lots of people the math will work.

A side effect of policies like this is effectively getting people to invest capital to time-shift elec usage. That's good policy. Reducing the peaks in consumption solves other problems.

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