Re:Germany's Solar Boom Eases Power Costs as Gas Price Jumps
by Rebelgecko on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @02:08PM
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I think it's mostly for cases where people get 95% of the energy from solar but stay connected to the grid. The fixed costs of a house's connection to the grid are roughly constant, but historically utilities amortized it in their energy prices. We saw something similar in my area during the California droughts when people were "too good" at conserving water, but I guess a lot of the infra costs don't scale linearly with usage
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Re:Germany's Solar Boom Eases Power Costs as Gas Price Jumps
by sailfast on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @12:10PM
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Likely also depends on whether you get your power from a Co-op, investor-owned utility, or some other source. The IOUs will definitely want to amortize infra investment, whereas coops might be more focused on best-power-for-price for consumers, etc.