Column: California strikes another blow against rooftop solar
Column: California strikes another blow against rooftop solar
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So as far as i could make out, schools and businesses are now expected to pay the utilty full price for all the power they themselves generate? Is that right or is it more like not getting credited for any surplus they produce during peak hours or what?
Another article here: https://www.ijpr.org/environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-17/california-reduces-payments-for-rooftop-solar-power-for-second-time-in-a-year
It feels a lot of this will be worked around by changing how some of this is wired up?
Ok, so it’s better than i feared, but still really bad. The article was vague on how multi site business weee effected, but did note that any apartment common areas still have to buy at full market rate even if the apartment building has solar, as do any buildings not on the same meter. All in the name of perserving some of the highest rates in the country, becuse some providers don’t like the cut n their profits of having to pay equally to small solar providers, but also don’t want to move to the more common properly priced line acess plus useage model becuse not enough profit.
In the US, is the infrastructure provider always also your energy provider? It seemed strange that this law only applied to some suppliers?
In the UK I can go onto a comparison site and switch to a different provider with different pricing (including feedback rates)
The rules aren't the same everywhere, but in most of the US, there's one company which provides both electric generation and the infrastructure to get electricity to you. (Texas is the notable exception)