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The electric utility still has to pay for grid upkeep. Most of their costs in fact are grid upkeep. Until you go off grid you need to contribute to that. The st
by colinmhayes 4y ago
The electric utility still has to pay for grid upkeep. Most of their costs in fact are grid upkeep. Until you go off grid you need to contribute to that. The status quo in california is that solar owners get to use the grid as a free limitless lossless battery, and that was just never going to work. It means the rich are being subsidized by the poor.
And tbh if enough people go off grid I expect the state to enact a "grid tax" that every homeowner has to pay, regardless of if they're connected, because otherwise electricity costs for on grid users would skyrocket as fixed costs are spread between fewer users.
- hansvm 4y ago> And tbh if enough people go off grid I expect the state to enact a "grid tax" that every homeowner has to pay, regardless of if they're connected, because otherwise electricity costs for on grid users would skyrocket as fixed costs are spread between fewer users. Electricity in CA is already 3x the rate of rural Wyoming or Arkansas or what have you. Why exactly are their fixed costs so high, and why is it the responsibility of individuals capable of generating power more efficiently to subsidize that ineptitude?