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Re:German Space Center has constructed the world’s largest a... by JoeAltmaier on Friday March 24, 2017 @02:19PM (#13950997)
But they're related in a strange way: they raise the rates a penny, they have to pay a penny more back to solar at 'retail rates'. So its a funny feedback loop.
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Re:German Space Center has constructed the world’s largest a... by maxerickson on Friday March 24, 2017 @02:40PM (#13951160)
The numbers just don't work. California power consumption is something like 40 gigawatts, net metering is a fraction of 4 gigawatts.

So even if the net metering is somehow 100% cost (it isn't, they sell the power), it still wouldn't do anything like double rates.

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