Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes
by matheusmoreira on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @08:19PM
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Do people get paid for energy injected into the grid? If one consumes X kW/month but generates 1.5X, what happens to the 0.5X difference?
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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes
by RandomNameName on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @09:59PM
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Each state has a utility commission that dictates the retail rate paid to solar customers. In California, it's cost i.e if I pay 8 cents a kilowatt-hour and I have a kilowatt hour excess, I get 8 cents. In addition to state, Tesla Powerwall confounds the equation.