| ▲ | 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. | ||