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Meanwhile the largest California utilities are rolling back incentives for solar[1]. Why? Because they're effectively paying people to take electricity during t
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
Meanwhile the largest California utilities are rolling back incentives for solar[1]. Why? Because they're effectively paying people to take electricity during the peak hours of the duck curve. Texas has the same issue during peak periods of wind power.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-03-16/california-utilities-propose-paying-less-to-homes-that-install-rooftop-solar https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-03-16/california...
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- CydeWeys 6y agoIf you believe them, anyway. One of these utilities is even PG&E. "Cynical cashgrab" would be an alternative take. They're not making much money selling power to people with solar panels so now they want said people to pay them a flat fee.
- sagarm 6y agoHere's the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data that shows the share of different energy sources over the course of each day: http://www.caiso.com/todaysoutlook/pages/supply.aspx http://www.caiso.com/todaysoutlook/pages/supply.aspx Power is being exported in the afternoons, but even at that time natural gas plants continue to run.
- nharada 6y agoI don't really understand this. I just looked into moving onto EV rates for PG&E and the super cheap "off peak" hours start at midnight and run through the night. If solar is causing issues with overcapacity during the day why are they charging me peak rates starting at 3pm?
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoPG&E will tell you that those plans are based on demand, not on capacity.