• @blandfordforever@lemm.ee
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    421 days ago

    I think the new version of net metering pays homeowners less than it did previously, for power that they feed into the grid, disincentivizing rooftop solar.

    • Hello_there
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      720 days ago

      Yes. Why put solar on rooftops, where people need it, when the utility can bulldoze the desert and make miles of transmission lines and get paid 10% to do so?

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      119 days ago

      Well, at a certain level of generation, adding more isn’t as valuable since the excess needs to be stored to offset the base need. So it makes absolute sense for the compensation to drop as supply goes up.