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throwworhtthrow 2 hours ago

Yes, existing installations get 20 years of grandfathered rates [1].

Which makes it more of a ladder pull than a rug pull...

[1] https://www.sce.com/clean-energy-efficiency/solar-generating...

direwolf20 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's fine. If we have enough X then stop paying people to build more X.

Analemma_ an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The first round of people paid way more for their solar panels though, and those higher prices helped bootstrap the industry. Should people who paid much less for panels get the same reward? I'm having trouble getting outraged about this, it seems to be incentives working exactly as they should.

throwworhtthrow an hour ago | parent [-]

I agree, and maybe my "ladder pull" comment comes off as too negative. Most early solar buyers were either in it for environmental reasons or for a modest return on investment. I don't think many were expecting a windfall.