"Why is it on the solar owners to pay for all of their energy storage but not on the coal power plants to capture and store their CO2 emissions?" Because those

"Why is it on the solar owners to pay for all of their energy storage but not on the coal power plants to capture and store their CO2 emissions?" Because those are two separate issues. One has nothing to do with the other. The story here is that a solar customer wants the government to force the power company to store his/her energy for them and the grid is not designed for that. The power company pays a wholesale rate to all its suppliers. I see this as a push to get better storage technology developed which will benefit far more people. The solar company is being disingenuous and I bet there books are not quite as positive before this event as they let on. I like home solar and will probably install it when I decide to buy a home, but I will install a storage system and a cut off so I can use my panels without the backfeed to the grid incase of power outage.