Yes, so take it out of the realm of DIY by having a world wide not for
profit company that does it, all you guys shareholders. In this company an
individual can make profits on conversions done for others.....
It's the same in NZ, incentives are only for registered companies.
These companies told the government that they would pick up the incentive
payments themselves instead of passing it on to the consumers, government
agreed, so now the incentive does not make it cheaper. This is for home
insulation.
-----Original Message-----
From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Steinman via EV
Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2014 5:12 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] co-operation
> From: Stephen via EV <[email protected]>
>
> How about getting a conversion to be recognized with the same
> incentives that are provided with most new EV sales?
YES!
Unfortunately, governments *rarely* provide incentives to DIYers. I think
they feel there is too much potential for fraud and abuse -- people can and
will claim all sorts of stuff, and the government can only afford to qualify
mass-market *designs*, not individual implementations. Also, they have no
way of telling if a DIY system is even functional or safe.
I went through this regarding domestic hot water in the 70s. They wouldn't
provide the tax break to DIYers, only to professionally-installed systems.
Now, I see the same thing with PV systems.
I don't have an easy answer to satisfying the government's need to get
decent quality for its "investment." Perhaps DIYers could be "certified"
with a test or something - less rigorous than a contractor's license, but
able to weed out those who would do crappy installations that would stop
working in short order.
:::: At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely
related to the quality of the information. -- Earl Ubell
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
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