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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by SilasX on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:05PM (#11622892)
Usually, it's a more complicated issue, something like: "Historically, grid maintenance costs are amortized over electricity consumption, but when some people become net contributors, that breaks the model, since usage isn't high enough to pay for maintenance."

Of course, the correct solution isn't to compound one perverse incentive (out-of-sync fixed vs variable pricing) with another (ban on solar or refusal to buy); it's to change to a system of decoupled maintenance and power pricing.

Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by Retric on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:28PM (#11623055)
The concern runs deeper than this. You can go off grid with solar for minimal additional costs, so they fear people will simply disconnect from the grid. Couple this with for profit electric company's and bribing/lobbying is the 'solution'.