Hello, my name is Chris. I live up in northern NV and get to play with NV energy.
I have a single 100 amp service running to my house, this started as an attempt to increase my service amperage and I wanted to add solar down the road.
About 5 months ago I started the process with NV energy to upgrade my service, an upgrade to 330 amps was quoted around 6k, then came back as 30k+. I declined, and they told me a 220 amp service would only be a few thousand. I tried to move forward and waited for months for my project coordinator to complete a little MS paint drawing of the service upgrade so we could move forward. I finally got it, signed it all and went to move ahead. In the last bit of paperwork they sent me an easement application that they requested I have signed by the "responsible party" and notarized. Turns out the power lines that feed my house that run through a golf course aren't subject to any easement. And they basically pawned off the responsibility to get an easement to me, instead of their legal department or whatever. So I don't really have a feasible way to upgrade my service any longer, and the service that currently feeds my house isn't even on a legal easement. I am about fed up with NV energy.
So I'm thinking about going full retard and trying to build a massive system without any coordination with NV energy. I understand why this is frowned upon, but I'm pretty fed up. So before all the warnings or whatever, is there an iron clad way to prevent backfeed to the grid, in my ignorance it seems like a diode would do it? Or better does anyone have some resources on permitless grid tie?
So theoretically, in minecraft.. If you were dumb, and were going to try to build a big system while retaining the ability to feed from the grid, but without any agreements from your provider and really wanted to prevent backfeed, how would you do it?
I have a single 100 amp service running to my house, this started as an attempt to increase my service amperage and I wanted to add solar down the road.
About 5 months ago I started the process with NV energy to upgrade my service, an upgrade to 330 amps was quoted around 6k, then came back as 30k+. I declined, and they told me a 220 amp service would only be a few thousand. I tried to move forward and waited for months for my project coordinator to complete a little MS paint drawing of the service upgrade so we could move forward. I finally got it, signed it all and went to move ahead. In the last bit of paperwork they sent me an easement application that they requested I have signed by the "responsible party" and notarized. Turns out the power lines that feed my house that run through a golf course aren't subject to any easement. And they basically pawned off the responsibility to get an easement to me, instead of their legal department or whatever. So I don't really have a feasible way to upgrade my service any longer, and the service that currently feeds my house isn't even on a legal easement. I am about fed up with NV energy.
So I'm thinking about going full retard and trying to build a massive system without any coordination with NV energy. I understand why this is frowned upon, but I'm pretty fed up. So before all the warnings or whatever, is there an iron clad way to prevent backfeed to the grid, in my ignorance it seems like a diode would do it? Or better does anyone have some resources on permitless grid tie?
So theoretically, in minecraft.. If you were dumb, and were going to try to build a big system while retaining the ability to feed from the grid, but without any agreements from your provider and really wanted to prevent backfeed, how would you do it?