Blackout parties: how solar and storage made W. Australia farmers the most popular in town

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2. Leapfrogging

It's rather like going to cell phones in the bush rather than taking the step of having wired infrastructure first. Or skipping cable and going directly to satellite. It really doesn't make much sense to maintain the physical grid to far flung customers. Going right to renewables and renting the systems would make a lot more sense for the company and the customer.

I expect this model to start to appear in the US as the electrical grid continues to deteriorate, especially in flyover country where distances are great.