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> Why do power companies even buy back solar power in the first place? Increasing capacity is really expensive. It’s cheaper for them to do stuff like buy eve
by UncleEntity 4y ago
> Why do power companies even buy back solar power in the first place?
Increasing capacity is really expensive.
It’s cheaper for them to do stuff like buy every customer a more efficient refrigerator or insulate their attic than build a new power plant so they go for schemes like that.
- eppp 4y agoIts cheaper to shave peaks than almost anything. A distribution company can spend a normal month's worth of electricity in a few hours at system peaks. Unfortunately people aren't willing to be warm or cold for a bit at peaks to save the utility money. I don't blame them since they will get almost nothing out of it.