Why Off Grid?

Our 80 acres is located in a valley about one mile from the Red Deer river. It seems like the wind is always blowing here, why not use it to our advantage? We decided to combine the wind with solar and that is really a great combination. Besides, our house is quite far off of the road and to get electricity to the house would have been quite expensive. We did not get a formal quote from the electric company because we would have had to pay for it, but we estimated it would have cost between $15,000-$25,000 to get electricity to the house. We decided to put that money into the equipment we bought and now we do not have monthly electric or gas bills!