Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
by adrianN on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:18PM
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Net metering is of course nice for consumers but it’s not sustainable for the grid operators.
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Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
by glxxyz on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:20PM
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It is for a fraction of consumers- power companies and governments are well aware of that.
Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
by Reason077 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @05:03PM
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Exactly. Not a sustainable/scalable policy.
Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
by glxxyz on Saturday October 25, 2025 @05:23PM
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The point of my original post was that I’ve seen a much greater ROI on my own heatpump than solar, even though I don’t regret the solar installation. I wasn’t making any claims about sustainability/scalability of solar, just showing how it worked for me.
Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment
by Reason077 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @11:18PM
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My comment was regarding net metering policy, not solar itself. Solar is great, and even better (for you) if you have net metering. But it’s not sustainable or scalable for utilities to keep offering net metering, and ultimately it creates wrong/distorted market signals: an incentive to generate more electricity when it’s abundant and to use more when it’s scarce.