Oops... I'm actually in 8-9 Zone. The other thing I should have mentioned is that I'm only looking to provide enough light to keep these plants and their offspring growing well over the winter, not to produce year round.

If you have a sunny window, put the plant in front of it and save some money. The chile will live with really minimal light.

There's not a sunny enough window and I'll need a spot big enough to place larger pots next winter.

Hi,
I myself am also growing bhut jolokia seedlings indoors over this winter. I have started them all fresh from seed, picked straight from the pepper(for some searing wicked fun). If the live plants you order don't work out try growing them from seed, they germinate much better than people make them out to. Using peat pellets and a simple humidity boosting terrarium I had 100% germination at 68F within a few weeks. I grow my chilis under a 90w led light (7:1:1 red blue orange, 630, 460, 600 nm) and have gotten excellent results thus far. They are fed entirely by this light since I lack a sunny windowsill to supplement them. The led ufo cost ~$100 but since I won't have to replace it anytime soon and the power cost is low I am quite happy with it.

From what I've learned since making this posting I decided to use a 125W CFL bulb w/ reflector along with hydroponic designed soil (with added pearlite for extra drainage) and low nitrogen fertilizer (half the dose, twice as much)... things are going very well! The small plants have started to shed their shipping damaged leaves with bright green, healthy replacements both above and below the "canopy". I'll start pictures soon but I'm sure I have a good thing going as for now!

Is there such a thing as "hydroponic designed soil" ?

Yeah... soil can be used in place of clay mediums in some hydro systems. I'm not using an auto-feed water system but potted chili's definitely benefit from a faster draining soil, especially indoors during the winter when they don't get the summers heat.

Hydroponics is defined as growing without soil............

I made a mistake by using the word "soil" instead of "media". In my mind I thought of anything other than expanded clay as soil. I apologize for the mix-up. What I was poorly trying to convey is that raising chili's indoors benefit more from a faster draining media (with supplemental fertilizers) rather than commercial potting soils that most new people grab for.