Only if your base assumption is that everyone has to build solar, or would otherwise do it out of the goodness of their heart. If your base assumption is that

Only if your base assumption is that everyone has to build solar, or would otherwise do it out of the goodness of their heart. If your base assumption is that nobody is going to lift a finger for the common good, than the purpose of SRECs is so that a polluting Bitcoin miner pays you to put solar panels on your home, so that you get some good out of it and we don't all have an incentive to be polluting Bitcoin miners. People who believe that everyone will naturally do the right thing out of the goodness of their hearts are often nicer to be around, but tend to get screwed by their inaccurate view of reality.