[codingdave]

Small-scale solar?

When we lived on a small homestead with animals, we burned some power taking care of the animals, but were able to do so off-grid by buying a small portable solar setup. You'll spend a few hundred to be up and running, but diminish how much you need to pull from the power company.

Of course, that only makes sense if all the fees scale down with usage. If those transmission and distribution fees are not usage-based, it might not save much.

[RollAHardSix]

Thats a good point, its actually not listed & I'll need to make sure they are usage. I believe they are from the amounts. We are looking at a grid tie-in solar system to avoid the upfront cost of batteries but we aren't committed either way.

[solardev]

Typically the fixed fees are in the tens of dollars of month. The rest of it should scale off your usage.

Is the property perhaps on a commercial account? Did she buy the land recently from a different owner?