Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes
by Ekaros on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:05AM
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I hope that the power produced to grid will be priced on market rate. With no caps to either direction. No bullshit like net metering, just fair spot price with transmission also charged.
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Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes
by ZeroGravitas on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:37AM
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I'm not sure why you call net metering "bullshit", it's quite a neat hack. Usually people hate it because they think it's some kind of scam, but "Value of Solar" research often suggests it's actually on the low side, i.e. the person with solar is providing more benefit to the system than they get paid for. The general direction is smarter meters and varied prices based on time, which is good and probably only further benefits solar.
Although this is a biased survey from an interested party, this kind of mandate is a fairly standard and well established idea with lots of benefits.
It just makes sense to do thing like add solar, and prep for EV charging when building new homes as it's much easier than refits. Other good ideas are banning gas connections, mandating ground loops for heat pumps and minimum insulation levels.
Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes
by dublin on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:15AM
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Net metering is most certainly bullshit, as it selfishly and unfairly shifts the costs of both the grid's distribution infrastructure as well as the cost of meeting peak demands onto all other ratepayers.
Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes
by paul_f on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:53AM
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Go read about the duck curve and get back to us. https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/confronting-duck-curve-...