The SFBA is, for better or for worse, largely zoned R-1 for single family home construction. At that density just about everyone gets enough sunlight to support

The SFBA is, for better or for worse, largely zoned R-1 for single family home construction. At that density just about everyone gets enough sunlight to support their needs. In my previous place - a townhouse where I owned much less roof - I still got enough sunlight to fully cover my needs. PG&E is primarily a transmission company, and the demand for that is going to dwindle as the cost rises far faster than inflation. Distribution will fracture into smaller islands, potentially at the municipal level. We're already seeing the writing on the wall with new apartment complexes setting up "virtual power plants". It's just not going to make sense to put a plant dozens of miles away from where the power gets used. The infrastructure is too expensive compared to local generation. That pendulum could swing back if Western cost disease were somehow cured.