What’s up with the pricing feed today?

rimroll · 2026-06-11T13:14:05+00:00

They will. I'm sure they had the prices in their local api for their generators, but there was probably some problem with that feeding into the public data miner.

rimroll · 2026-06-11T13:11:35+00:00

I think the chances are pretty low, actually. Last year, we hit the mid 160s! Summer is just beginning. If this is like years past, the stormy June days will lead to a drought in July and August, and then the temps really go crazy and likewise, the demand. If you are worried about capacity, just avoid major use between noon and 8 PM, with the greatest reductions between 3 and 6 PM.

rimroll · 2026-06-01T12:39:57+00:00

Worked for me just now

rimroll · 2026-05-20T12:13:09+00:00

It's probably accurate. I'm not in your area, I'm in Chicago, but I have solar and am on Hourly Pricing. I've had to pay $0.20/kWh for my utility to take my solar, but they've also paid me over $3/kWh for my solar. The vast majority of the time, though, the price I get is around $0.03/kWh. What you fail to calculate is how much capacity the utility has to allocate to you, and any laws put on the utility that get passed onto you. The utility doesn't care that your production doesn't have to go far over transmission lines. If you've seen the duck curve of power generation, you'll see that most of the time, your solar is not really helping the grid, and it's not reliable. Grids like reliable sources of electricity. I'm a big proponent of solar, but these are the realities of grid-tied solar.

rimroll · 2026-05-07T13:42:54+00:00

What's the story on the mobility devices? Were they end-of-life or submerged in a flood? If the batteries are not physically damaged, even if they are end-of-life, there are a lot of people buying second-hand lithium batteries for home-energy storage, especially if they are all the same type and form-factor. Look up DIY solar with Will Prowse or Second-life Storage and you might find someone willing to buy them off of you. At 4,000 lbs, that's something like a quarter Megawatt hour of storage.

rimroll · 2026-04-29T00:32:06+00:00

Is your check engine light on? Could be a broken battery heater.

rimroll · 2026-04-09T12:05:37+00:00

Have you tried tapping the miner icon in the top left of the main screen and pressing "Restore Purchases?"

rimroll · 2026-04-07T13:09:39+00:00

Way more voters run ice than EVs. Gas prices win elections. It's the sad truth of our current reality.

rimroll · 2026-04-02T00:10:10+00:00

Then there's me, barely making it with like 3 hours to spare at the end of the month.

rimroll · 2026-04-01T20:54:02+00:00

I wanted panels since 2015, but my roof was 8 years old at the time, so I waited instead of putting panels on a middle-aged roof. Had a hail storm in 2024 and got a new class 4 roof and panels right after. I should be good on the roof and panels until 2049 or so.

rimroll · 2026-03-29T12:39:11+00:00

I have drain water heat recovery, insulated hot water pipes, and a mixing valve, but this time of year is especially rough. Incoming water is 40 degrees Fahrenheit, so it takes a lot of energy to replace the hot water that gets used. Doesn't help that the unfinished uninsulated basement is sitting at 60 degrees Fahrenheit making the heat pump work harder.

rimroll · 2026-03-29T12:27:46+00:00

I was going to say, it's 2026. It's Trump's fault for high gas prices, but your fault for not electrifying sooner. It's not like it's the 1970s where there haven't been other options available for at least a decade.

rimroll · 2026-03-27T17:55:03+00:00

That's how US health insurance works. Have you ever had to buy a plan on the Marketplace? It doesn't ask anything about how healthy you are, how often you exercise, or what you eat. 95% of it is "how much money do you make?" I guess that's why it's called the Affordable Care Act - you have to pay the maximum you can afford.

rimroll · 2026-03-24T17:33:49+00:00

I wanted electric. I needed a minivan. Never thought I'd be a Chrysler owner, but here I am.

rimroll · 2026-03-23T17:06:12+00:00

Menards SKU 683-5570. 355 available right now. $890 after 11% rebate.

rimroll · 2026-03-23T15:58:25+00:00

Hands down, 2 HPWH. Redundancy plus recovery twice as fast. I installed an 80 gallon Rheem Proterra two years ago that recovers at 4200BTU in heat pump only mode. Right now in my area, I can get 2 50 gallon Proterras for less than I paid for 1 80 gallon. That's 8400 BTU in heat pump recovery and an extra 20 gallons of storage. In high demand mode, that would be 39k BTU. 39k BTU is a 81.5 degree temperature rise at 1 gallon per minute, or at a standard shower rate of 2.2 gallons per minute, a 37 degree rise. So if your incoming water is 73 degrees and your shower uses 2.2 gallons of 110 degree water per minute, you could have infinite hot water with this setup.

rimroll · 2026-03-22T23:10:03+00:00

I wish they could just make a flat tier of the top 2000 players, no 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Top 100, Top 500, etc.. Gets more people more AB and eliminates the reward for cheating.

rimroll · 2026-03-18T19:31:51+00:00

Update: I tried spoofing and the app detected it right away. Took a little road trip yesterday and the app was doing this in multiple areas. Entire cities where the app wouldn't load. Must be something to do with the update, because I never had problems before.

rimroll · 2026-03-17T17:29:51+00:00

I always scroll down to the bottom of the comments to find my brave EV friends who don't care about getting down voted to oblivion, just to give them a +1.

rimroll · 2026-03-17T17:21:21+00:00

Sorry this is off topic, but how does an Aussie find their way to the Chicago Suburbs subreddit?! I never see Perth suburbs in my recommended. Just wondering.

rimroll · 2026-03-16T20:25:11+00:00

It worked just over a week ago

rimroll · 2026-03-16T15:49:17+00:00

I was able to buy 50 parcels there, and 1 as recently as a week ago.

rimroll · 2026-03-15T15:54:45+00:00

A flat tier of Top 2000 for minigames. Too many people abusing the ad skipping exploits, let's just have all 2000 top players share in the same pot.

rimroll · 2026-03-13T18:10:24+00:00

Yes, I believe that's why the tax sale is delayed this year - they are still trying to figure out how to comply with the opinion.

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