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Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries

389 points · 304 comments · devonnull

  1. dzhiurgis · · focus · HN ↗
    Why would you put it in peoples homes and not at substations/next to residential transformers?
    1. dguest · · focus · HN ↗
      Vermont gets occasional ice storms or heavy snow that brings down trees on the power lines, so having a battery in your house can be pretty useful.

      I'm a bit nostalgic for the nights when we'd break out the kerosene lanterns. But I concede that this might be more practical and a bit safer (a lot of VT houses are tinder boxes and good luck getting a good fire response in an ice storm).

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