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Beware NEM 3.0. Note that the CA utilities are working to try to keep milking you even if you have solar. The most loathsome part of it is that the utilities a
by zbrozek 6y ago
Beware NEM 3.0.
Note that the CA utilities are working to try to keep milking you even if you have solar. The most loathsome part of it is that the utilities are trying to charge you $10/month/kilowatt-peak for the array you own, even if they push zero energy onto the grid. From my perspective, that's ridiculous rent-seeking. Personally I'm working towards getting off the grid entirely.
- throwaway0xa 6y agoThe $10 a month is a service charge to be connected to the grid with a meter, so you can send energy to the grid to get money back, or use the grid when your solar isn't generating enough energy. I think that's fair. It pays for the meter, the transformer you're connected to, the grid circuit, etc.
- mavhc 6y agoIt's only fair if the people making polluting electricity pay to clean up the pollution they create
- throwaway0xa 6y agoYour reply is nonsensical / a non sequitur. Where I live the local utility is 100% renewable anyway.
- mavhc 6y agoThen it's fair. However people making electricity by polluting our planet are stealing from us, so should have to pay more, have to disadvantage those people more than you disadvantage solar producers
- zbrozek 6y agoYou've misinterpreted the proposal. It's $10/mo per installed kilowatt-peak of solar panels behind the meter. There's _another_ fixed charge that is more reasonable.