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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity

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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (2996)4/8/2001 12:07:44 AM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
They f' you coming and going with solar, at least in California

California is one of thirty states that has a net metering law.
homepower.com

Clint Eastwood has the ear of he legislature and will probably get his way.

Most homeowners can sell all the energy they can produce with their solar cells back to the utility. The usage is averaged over the entire year. Only producers that produce more than they use over the entire year lose out.

Using the grid as a storage device is a good deal for the homeowner. If the utility did not provide this service the PV generator would have to use batteries at significant cost. The utilities are forced to provide this service free of charge(to most...not everyone has a golf course loaded with solar cells in California).

The home generator gets a subsidized PV system (about half) and a free storage system which is probably better than most states provide considering the fact that 40 percent don't even have a net metering law.

Zeuspaul
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