Alternative Power sources - Re: Daryl Hannah

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Re: Daryl Hannah - Living off grid

2005-09-27, 1:21 pm

Derek Broughton wrote:

> I live well off-grid in Nova Scotia, and it would have required 12 or more
> poles. The rule here and in Ontario, where I lived until recently, was
> that they would supply 1 pole and (I think) 200' of cable from their
> existing lines - you pay approximately $1000 per pole beyond that. Even if
> you live in an existing serviced area, there's _still_ a connection charge
> in the vicinity of $200 for each new home.

And if it is multiple poles, there is also usually inspection charges
(Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority) of several hundred dollars,
engineering surveys for location, site preparation/tree
clearing/blasting and access provision...

DJ

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