Strange, I can't get the link to open. If I just click the link, (Firefox on Linux) it says "SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT". However, when I revert to http:// instead of https://, it loads a page saying:
He just turned off the switch in the breaker, right behind the meter. The meter itself is still hooked up, so from the power company's perspective, he has an account and everything.
Nevertheless, I opened the main circuit, disconnecting my apartment from the grid and committing myself to solving what problems arose as they came. As I type these words in January, I’m in my eighth month. My Con-Ed bills continue to show zero kilowatt-hours.
He's technically still connected to the grid and paying the minimum service fee - just flipped his main breaker off and isnt using any electricity, so the power company doesn't care as long as they get paid.
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Hardcore off-grid in a Manhattan apartment | Spyke
Strange, I can't get the link to open. If I just click the link, (Firefox on Linux) it says "SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT". However, when I revert to http:// instead of https://, it loads a page saying:
Can anyone else tell - does it open for you?
Also Firefox on Linux, it loaded for me.
Now it's also loading for me. Thanks for trying. :)
Loaded fine for me on ios firefox and safari
How did he disconnect from the grid and not have the electric company and city on his ass?
He just turned off the switch in the breaker, right behind the meter. The meter itself is still hooked up, so from the power company's perspective, he has an account and everything.
At least that's how I read the article he wrote last year:
Interesting. Thank you for looking into it.
He's technically still connected to the grid and paying the minimum service fee - just flipped his main breaker off and isnt using any electricity, so the power company doesn't care as long as they get paid.