The Sacramento government (or just the power company? 🤷♂️) is apparently racist against Asians. I’m sure there’s more context here, but that was my biggest takeaway from the article.
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Chinese organized crime is huge in illegal grow operations, but obviously that doesn't make it right to point to people's race as a determining factor in the decision to investigate "unusual" electricity usage.
The article didn't point out that most illegal grow houses have unmetered electricity.
When I got solar my installer pointed out how I can draw power from my power banks without the power company knowing. If your installer doesnt provide those details then youve been DPd by your installer and electric company.
Shit, in many areas you can feed power back to the grid and be compensated for it.
Some areas however only offer credit for this, which something tells me isn't exactly legal.
My solar panels & battery are part of a Virtual power plant that our electric utility can pull from during peak power events, which is basically summer afternoons with high temperatures. They pay a premium for power supplied during VPP events. Last year we received over $5000 for participating.
During normal non-peak hours when our panels are generating excess power it goes back to the grid as well, and this is paid in the form of credit on our bill. Between winter & summer months that equals out so our bills average close to $0.
My area only offers credit and only approves grid hookup if annual production is equivalent to annual consumption. Don't worry, they're still taking the government incentives regarding green energy credits.
I don't see how this is a surprise or secret knowledge and certainly don't see how you'd get charged for using the batteries if you didn't know. If the panels and the batteries are on the same side of the meter, then using power from them will slow (and even reverse) the meter. Are you talking about emergency batteries requiring a total switch over between sources? Or are they integrated night time buffers for solar?
This has been a thing since the first indoor growers fired up their multiple 1,000W MH bulbs. It's probably safe to assume that utility usage has been a data point since the 1800s. Law enforcement loves data points.