> One of the annoying things is that they say that surplus
> electricity will be bought-back by the supplier (PowerGen),
> but what they don't mention is that it will be paid for at the
> "generated" wholesale rate, which is about 0.5p / kWh,
> rather than the retail price of about 10p

A man self-sufficient using solar panels recently did a deal with
a NZ power company to sell the excess back at domestic retail.
He was pleased of course, but you could tell that the power
company exec interviewed was not too happy and had a "hmmm,
we'll see how it goes and this is not really a precedent" attitude

http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/554440/613854

The power companies are not having much good press lately.
Weak dams, low lakes, where to put pylons, protests about
station upgrades, prices in general etc. Compared with all, this
the story above isn't much of a redress on the PR front, but
maybe it will encourage others to use alternative generation

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