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▲ sagarm 16 hours ago

Rooftop solar costs 3x more per watt than utility scale. The only reason it would pay off is that you're able to avoid grid maintenance costs built into per-kwh pricing.

▲blitzar an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Residential electricity pricing is 3x-4x wholesale pricing.

▲pfdietz 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which is gaming a particular kind of rate structure. They would not do nearly as well if grid maintenance charges were decoupled from consumption.

▲KerrAvon 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Rooftop solar (ideally with battery backup) allows you to be independent of the grid (yes, even if you're interconnected, if you do it properly), which means PG&E's garbage infrastructure can largely become irrelevant if your system is properly sized.