California's "Net Metering 2.0" basically gives you net metering credits in Time-of-Use (ToU) "buckets" which means you don't get the full credit you would have

California's "Net Metering 2.0" basically gives you net metering credits in Time-of-Use (ToU) "buckets" which means you don't get the full credit you would have gotten under Net Metering 1.0 if you generate the most from, say, part peak hours of 10am-3pm, but use your air conditioning during peak hours from 4pm-7pm. But from everything I've read, this means I'd actually come out ahead if I had solar on my house. I don't have air conditioning, so much of my usage is constant demand, plus some lighting and TV and such late into the evening, plus laundry and other appliances, also typically later in the evening (after the 7pm peak ends). But the solar would be generating me TONS of part-peak during midday and even a fair bit of peak hour generation at 4-5 and even towards 6pm as the sun goes lower angle. I'm really curious and interested in doing it, just never went so far as to invest in solar. I wonder if the falling SolarCity installations means panels and labor have fallen in price a bit?