Ontario exports a significant amount of electricity to the U.S. each year. In 2022, Ontario sent about 15.7 million megawatt-hours (MWh) across the border, the overwhelming majority of it being hydroelectricity. Which, if my math is correct, is roughly 1.3-1.4 million yankee households worth of electricity.

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  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    9 days ago

    Why the fuck is my electric bill so high when we're selling electricity to America? Have them cover it.

    • sexywheat [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      9 days ago

      How much are you paying for hydro out east each month if you don't mind me asking?

      Here in BC when I was apartment renting it was only like $50 a month, but now that I'm in a much bigger place and have to pay for my own heat/hot water it's like 3 or 4 times that kitty-cri-potato

  • Shortstack@reddthat.com
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    9 days ago

    Like orange man gives a fuck about us peasants.

    Gonna be an awful lot of people learning to put together a solar setup for their house, assuming of course that it won't be tariffed to unaffordability

    Buy some basic battery/inverter/panels stuff if you can afford it now

      • Shortstack@reddthat.com
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        8 days ago

        I'm a beginner too, but I like Will Prowse on YouTube. Start there. Knowledgeable guy and he bases recommendations on build quality

        I just bought enough stuff to have a small setup for power outages for a day or two. Will pay for itself if it saves our freezers from thawing