Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature

Re:Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature – a... by roenxi on Sunday May 18, 2025 @12:30PM (#44022510)

> I don't see what the big deal is about paying wholesale rates for electric generation whether it's a company or resident generating it

Is that the big deal? It looks like the big deal is that utilities are being forced to buy energy at a higher-than-market price. If it wasn't legally required there is no way they would be paying retail prices for solar. It'd be like a supermarket paying retail prices to buy their stock - they can't make money if they buy at retail prices, sell at retail prices and have overheads of doing business.

That is a lot of money they're talking about. Such things are big deals.

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Re:Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature – a... by giantg2 on Sunday May 18, 2025 @01:01PM (#44022715)

Yeah, but I'm questioning what the opposition is to them paying wholesale rates. Like why is there opposition to that amendment?

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Re:Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature – a... by roenxi on Sunday May 18, 2025 @01:03PM (#44022734)

Literally? Because then the people with rooftop solar will have less money. It is like asking why there is opposition to a 1% increase/decrease in taxes. Any change will face stiff opposition from some interest group.

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Re:Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature – a... by giantg2 on Sunday May 18, 2025 @02:03PM (#44023203)

And the rooftop solar group should be much smaller than the rest of the grid users. So that makes it odd they would get their way.

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