If you already have a utility company connection, is the primary reason for setting up a hydro system to make money with the “excess” and reduce air pollution?
Apart from reducing air pollution, water heating seems a good goal as well. It takes 2.3 kWh to boil away a gallon of water. The Cuttyhunk people had plans to heat island houses electrically with dynamic load switching as a less wasteful alternative to their desk-sized resistor bank under the windmill.
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