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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by jabl on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:06PM (#11622898)
Utilities have a lot of capital tied in their existing fossil fuel plants, and their economics are probably tied into running these at capacity for their remaining lives.

So from their perspective it makes sense to lobby politicians to stall residential solar as long as possible, the environment be damned.

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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by dragontamer on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:16PM (#11622968)
Last time I checked, it was the motivation of utility companies to make money.

http://www.exeloncorp.com/companies/exelon-generation/solar/...

Look man, you may not notice it. But the big utility companies out there are investing heavily into solar.

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