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I don't think they should pay retail either. But a power company is not a normal company, it's a government-supported effectual monopoly. So what they should pa

I don't think they should pay retail either. But a power company is not a normal company, it's a government-supported effectual monopoly. So what they should pay for stuff is going to be by nature more political than economic. My guess is that they're going to compromise at around 75% of the difference between retail and wholesale. Nobody, except the power companies, really wants to see solar disappear, so the solar side is going to have more political might in this fight.

dpark 11y ago
A discounted rate is certainly reasonable, maybe not wholesale if the goal is to encourage solar. Wholesale rate plus high fees is ridiculous, though. That seems to serve no purpose except to make solar nonviable. That could easily make it more expensive to have solar than not (without even accounting for procurement and installation costs).