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https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/solarcity-stopping-nevada-sales-installations-after-puc-ruling/ https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/sola
by ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/solarcity-stopping-nevada-sales-installations-after-puc-ruling/ https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/solarcity-stop...
>>The PUC “has effectively shut down the rooftop-solar industry and taken the extraordinary step to punish over 12,000 existing solar customers, including schools, with exorbitant fees in what appears to be an attempt to protect the profits of the state’s largest utility. All three members of the PUC, who voted unanimously to change the rules, were appointed by Governor Sandoval.”
>>Rive said: “Most disturbing is the PUC’s decision to retroactively sabotage existing solar customers’ investments by changing the rules on them. The Nevada government encouraged these people to go solar with financial incentives and pro-solar policies, and now the same government is punishing them for their decision with new costs they couldn’t have foreseen. These actions are certainly unethical, unprecedented, and possibly unlawful. While the rest of the country embraces a clean energy future, Nevada is moving backwards.”
- thomaskcr 9y agoNet metering isn't even a US law thing, it's a physics law thing. Just basic physics should tell you that selling power for the same price you buy it doesn't make sense due to heat loss in the lines. If you want a battery buy one, don't try to use the grid as a giant battery.
- fiter 9y agoPotentially the net metered electricity doesn't have to travel as far. Maybe it goes to the house next door. That said, it makes sense to steeply adjust the rate if the net metering starts causing long distance flows.