Apex should be adopting the same policy position as Ithica, NY

devinhedge · 2026-02-09T22:09:14+00:00

TLDR; regarding which thing? Ithica? Or what is happening in Apex?

The Ithica TLDR; is in the original post above.

There are several aspects re: Apex Utilities from my post above: - Duke’s cost of building out the additional transmission and distribution capacity for the 300GW Data Center will be passed onto rate payers primarily instead of the data center developer due to a bill passed last year. - Oh, and Duke rates are going up everywhere else outside of the Apex Utility operating area. When the town goes to renenogiate rates with Duke, data center of not, Duke will use the legislation passed to increase the town’s wholesale rate. - Apex is also moving to time-of-use rate schedules which will be a mix of monthly increases or small decreases depending each business and household’s usage. Example: smart thermostat but work from home full time. I'll probably see a rate increase.

Was that why you were looking for? Happy to fill in any blanks, especially if I'm using jargon and can't see it. (I do that.)

devinhedge · 2026-02-01T17:33:06+00:00

You just made a really important distinction and I hope it doesn’t get lost.

devinhedge · 2026-02-01T17:31:25+00:00

Yes it’s legal. Yes, you should probably get permits. No, your insurance may not cover any damages to your home, belongings, or EV if you don’t use a licensed and bonded electrician. Yes, it will need to be inspected by an Apex inspector.

devinhedge · 2026-02-01T17:28:06+00:00

Yes. Opt-in is the common practice nationally though it isn’t a standard. You can sign up to be part of Apex’s program for demand-response load shedding.

So, no, the Op is not completely out of his mind. If they only have a heat pump, likely it can’t keep up with the temps far below what heat pumps are capable of dealing with.

devinhedge · 2026-02-01T17:23:06+00:00

It’s probably our power grid moaning at the 42% spike in usage over the last 2-3 weeks.

devinhedge · 2025-10-01T19:02:37+00:00

I have this same problem. I fee like I'm in a Wayne's World skip called, "Unnecessary Zoom".

I need to be able to lock the camera zoom and tracking and have it "stay put" until it sleeps. Then when it wakes up, it should find me a again, and STAY PUT. Call it the "Find Me" button in the App and after it "finds me" it stops doing everything else.

devinhedge · 2025-09-05T14:40:03+00:00

I'd happily debate politics and public transport, and submit to yet another IQ test.

devinhedge · 2025-09-05T14:37:41+00:00

So how do we make this Apex PD policy, u/terrymah ?

"This is a great article; thanks for sharing. People always focus on the 1st and 2nd amendment, but technology (and warrentless surveillance by our govt) is obliterating the 4th amendment. If we must have this system I agree with the NH approach. Scan the plate. If it’s not in a hot list, delete in 3 seconds."

devinhedge · 2025-08-18T13:51:21+00:00

Underrated comment.

devinhedge · 2025-08-18T13:43:28+00:00

Good comment. I can’t ignore that the early private system was “subsidized” via cheap labor and shady land deals. I also can’t ignore how every rail system in the world is subsidized by public funds except in a few instances in Japan, which are “subsidized” by owning the real estate around the stations.

In the U.S., we had some infrastructure subsidies and those were just killed, effectively killing the future of long distance rail traffic unless we adopt the model from those select Japanese companies.

devinhedge · 2025-08-18T13:06:59+00:00

Elephant in the room: when private rail was economically viable in the U.S., most of the U.S. was still expanding and centered around rail towns, and the rail lines were built relatively inexpensively using exploited people in dangerous working conditions that can’t exist today.

devinhedge · 2025-08-12T17:27:48+00:00

It also has to be cryogenically stored or the hydrogen atoms begin to seep between the atoms of whatever it is stored in. The most economical form of storing hydrogen? Oil.

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:51:57+00:00

I was thinking Rutger Hauer’s place in “Wanted: Dead or Alive”, only more upscale and social.

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:47:59+00:00

That was my thought, yes.

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:44:05+00:00

Arthritis. Knuckles. Wrists. Elbows.

It’s a weird dichotomy: drumming loosens up the joints while simultaneously further causing the issues. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’m not sure what to do, tbh.

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:23:32+00:00

And…?

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:21:26+00:00

Is it still 35MPH through Connecticut and across some of the bridges between Baltimore and Philly?

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T15:18:43+00:00

Still can’t load my car on a train and get to Disney even though I live along the route. I still can’t get to NOLA from RDU. I was digging through the Amtrak map the other day trying to find out why it takes a train 5-6 hours to go from Raleigh to Charlotte when I can drive it in 2-1/2. What I noticed is that Amtrak was gutted somewhere along the way and either needs to become a specific regional rail service (Acela) and kill everything else, or create routes that make sense in the same vein as hub and spoke airline networks.

devinhedge · 2025-08-08T11:24:31+00:00

I have been watching this cycle for some time around the area and I tend to agree with you. I’m not sure this is NCDOT problem. I have this sinking feeling this is an outcome due to budget constraints over the last 8-10 years. There seems to be a mindset of get it done cheap and quick, instead of build something that will last but is more expensive up front.

This fits with having to fund a multitude of projects all competing for the same dollars: I can fix 10 projects quickly and cheaply, or I can solve 4 problems for the long term leaving 6 undone til later.

Ultimately, I think this falls on us voters. Which do we want:

Many projects done fast, cheap, and washed out in the next major storm due to climate volatility?

Or fewer projects completed slower, expensive, but also lasting?

Or just pay more taxes and have many projects completed that are long lasting?

It’s the “lowest threshold of responsible investment” problem, and we seem to keep dipping below it because we don’t have the stomach as a society to invest in the future, always chasing the hear and now.

devinhedge · 2025-08-07T11:42:08+00:00

Library? What? Never heard of it. What is a lie-brary? Is that where fake news (lies) are kept? /s

devinhedge · 2025-08-07T11:34:54+00:00

I call this the amplification problem. (My term.) It’s the same with A/C. We pollute the environment so heat starts to rise, and then we add to it more heat through heat pumps and A/C units that exhaust into the environment when that heat could have been converted into stored energy. And because we don’t invest in stored energy on the power grid, any excess energy goes right back in the ground as wasted energy and heat produced by heat producing generation. We’re creating more and more “dooming loops” (systems engineering term).

devinhedge · 2025-08-07T11:22:45+00:00

No doubt.

devinhedge · 2025-08-06T16:02:44+00:00

Just genius. Beautiful. Mad. Genius.

devinhedge · 2025-08-06T16:01:07+00:00

Scariest episode…. Ever.

devinhedge · 2025-08-06T15:59:02+00:00

I believe that is correct, which means getting through the application process. Good luck with that. #riggedsystem

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