That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

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      10 months ago

      I hear this a lot since we converted to heat pumps. People don’t realize basically every heat source these days other than wood needs electricity. We kept our oil system as a backup for very cold days but it also doesn’t work with no power.

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        10 months ago

        There are cheap ways to run a backup heat source. I installed a generator, which makes sense for my very rural location. But before the whole house automatic genset, I used a $100US switch that would allow me to run my LP furnace on a small portable generator. All the furnace requires is 110/120VAC to operate. Something cheaply and easily supplied by a small gasoline powered portable for less than $500US.

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      10 months ago

      Back up generators if the expected outage is to last more than one day - and sometimes it can.