Solar panels are completely impractical for most people in the DR. That is not a valid alternative for all but a few that can spend a lot of money on batteries, panels and all the electronics to control such systems. Even those that could spend the money may not have the physical space for enough panels to really help.
The power companies should just do their jobs. I know, that is next to impossible for them in the DR.
LT, sorry to hear you are now having what is considered "normal" for those of us with EDEs.
Just to clarify, how this works in the DR and how it works elsewhere is usually a bit different. For instance back home, I would not have any kind of battery packs connected to the solar panels, as any surplus electricity would be injected to the national grid via our meter and they would pay as per the current rate per kwh, basically lowering our monthly bill. Now, as I think EDEs offer no such option in the DR or it would be very unreliable at the very least, for any solar panel users, there is only the option to either consume the produced electricity immediately or save it for own, later use. Hence the sometimes huge batter packs. And yes, obviously you need preferable your own house with own roof to even put up panels and a location where they won't be stolen immediately.
So these batter pack systems in the DR definitely bring added cost to the setup, which is often not the case elsewhere.
Unless I recall incorrectly, WW in Cabrera often wrote about his setup, as I gathered he had a big house and land and whatnot. I'm pretty sure he wrote about his batter setup as well as I found it interesting. So that would be a good example, I suppose, on a good use case. Obviously, if you live in an apartment building, setting up 10s of solar panels on the shared roof might be a bit tricky...
