“In 10 to 20 years, you will stop thinking about it,” Kabalan said. “Just like when you buy a home, there has to be a refrigerator, there has to be an oven” there will have to be backup power and likely solar panels.
What a Microgrid in Arizona Teaches Us About Energy Resiliency (msn.com)
Rather than rent the grid and buy electricity from their service, we all need to install our own microgrids. Essentially, become our own power utility. Which means a large upfront expense to build our own micro power plant at each home, leading to ever higher home prices.
Costs vary on whether you have high solar incidence or low solar incidence. It would require twice as many solar panels on the west side of my state, as on the east side. Some places may have wind power available, but many do not. The costs of your microgrid could vary considerably.
