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The problem isn't them poles, or any other type of maintenance, the problem is that there's no redundancy in their grid.
The reason you don't see these regular blackouts in most other countries is not that there's no maintenance needed there (although having all non - high voltage grid lines underground obviously diminishes the need for maintenance to a great extent), but rather that there's redundant circuits. If one section of the grid needs to be shut down, then the redundant circuit takes over for all other areas, so almost no customers will be affected.

 

Just a thought, but i'm not sure it's a redundancy problem, i think it's more of a problem in the distribution system. The NGCP 69kva system runs on STEEL towers, noreco's two-blackouts-this-month are for "changing wooden poles." So why not just disconnect the wooden pole circuits from the 69KVA system. Because the DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM is fooked up. Noreco's managers can't be that stupid, there just aren't enough cut off switches, ???? Makes no sense !!!...

It's like the water system in the province. There is NO, repeat NO, water problem anywhere. I guarantee (almost) that if you actually plugged or repaired every leaking hose, you would have probably 30 % more water. That's a guess, based on water running down the roads of the province.

 

My understanding is that they do a very good job of managing how the the Li-ion batteries are used and have improved on the manufacturing costs more so than the battery itself. Although lately Elon has been talking about some new secret sauce, yet to be seen. The thing I found interesting is it really just thousands of 18650 battery connected together, not one big battery.

https://insideevs.com/news/332702/everything-you-need-to-know-about-teslas-lithium-ion-batteries/

 

Not all of the 69kv transmission line is on steel towers. There are sections through town that are still on wooden poles. You can see the new steel poles next to them waiting for the lines to be transferred.

 

So would I, You need to check them individually for failed ones. You can buy special clips to hold them together. I would Not attempt it. No patience at all.
EV batteries are made with these sort of batteries.

 

Some Filipinos have been connecting those batteries together to make solar batteries and selling them on FB or using them for own use.
Easy to do but need a lot of patience and good eye sight. Lazada sell them.

 

Do you expect to be paid more than the generation rate?
Why would they pay you more than they pay other generators?

The other half of your bill is the "delivery charge". The cost of building and maintaining the wiring infrastructure. This is charged equally so people in the electrically dense town are subsidizing those who are at the end of long runs. The delivery charge is a fixed cost no matter how much electricity you use.

Frankly, people who generate their own electricity get to avoid paying a portion of the cost of connecting their house to the grid. In this sense they are free loading on others.

Some utilities are beginning to treat the delivery charge as a fixed rate. In this way people who generate their own electricity are still charged the cost of the infrastructure to connect their home to the grid. This is the fair way of distributing the infrastructure costs. If the customer does not want to participate they can disconnect from the grid and go their own way.

I am tired of subsidizing other peoples bad economic decisions.

 

I looked into solar panels a bit, the problems I still wrestle with:
1. When tied to the Noreco grid they pay you their "generation rate", which at best is only about half of what the customer pays per kwh. In other words, they don't do proper net-metering.
2. Being tied to the grid, you still suffer blackouts, your solar system shuts down automatically during blackout, to avoid electrocuting Noreco's workmen. Only way to avoid this is with batteries and/or a different type inverter.
3. Batteries are still quite expensive, if you'd manage to get one here, Tesla's home wall is priced around 11,000 US$ (including installation) last time I checked, and it's not rated to run your entire house on (you'd need at least two of them to run the whole lot).