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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (23966)	10/22/2010 7:59:33 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) of 86355

Jorj That seems really strange that they won't let you have a battery or storage device in that system. Up here they allow it... and in fact love it! I could choose to have a battery backup or not. The State and my utility here in Seattle allow you to do either. I have a small batt (about 20 KwHrs) that's much smaller than my "off grid" island home for the simple reason that I'm connected to the grid but my PV array down here is almost 3 times bigger (over 7 Kilowatts). I wanted to take advantage of the FIT here. The other reason is costs to put in a system have dropped over 50% in just the last year and a half. Edit: I sized the batt to run the house for a couple days without solar or generator backup. Up on Stuart Island the system is designed to run about a week with no wind, solar or generator backup.

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