There are rural parts of Massachusetts that have run out of natural gas and electric delivery bandwidth. The simplest solution is non-grid connected power and heat generation. Doing this requires no real change in regulation since the power sources are stand alone. Local building codes are the only regulations.

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cowlevel a day ago | parent [-]

isn't the simplest solution to upgrade the grid? What non-connected power do you envision that isn't natural gas and isn't so expensive you may as well connect it to the grid and upgrade the grid to handle it?

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detourdog a day ago | parent | next [-]

Solar PV and solar thermal. Batteries and insulation. Our population density is very low. More efficient heating would go a long way and the upgrades would help the local trades. Using less is the same as generating more. We could also go micro grid and turn our sewage treatment into anerobic digester and we are surrounded by wind farm. Our entire county would need a wind farm a third the size of cape wind 100k homes.

I’d upgrading the grid made sense I assume National Grid and Berkshire Gas would do it.

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cowlevel 17 hours ago | parent [-]

Where are you putting acres of photovoltaics that are so cheap they're not worth upgrading the transmission as well?

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detourdog 14 hours ago | parent [-]

The roof.

	▲	cowlevel 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Whose roof?

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cucumber3732842 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

>isn't the simplest solution to upgrade the grid?

On paper, sure.

In reality they'd probably have to secede from the state to do it.