>so that the poor who can't afford panels aren't subsidizing the rich who get inflated rates for their generation. Perhaps we should quantify this subsidy, bef

>so that the poor who can't afford panels aren't subsidizing the rich who get inflated rates for their generation. Perhaps we should quantify this subsidy, before we get up in arms about it. California gets around 14% of its electricity from solar [1]. The average electric bill is $2500 per year [2]. That's around $30 per month, total, for all solar. Of that, most of the solar is probably from farms, most poor people probably use less electricity than average, and wholesale electricity prices are not zero anyway. So you're probably looking at the single digits per month. There are better places to look for ways to help California's worst off. 1: https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2021-total-system-electric-generation https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo... 2: https://www.energysage.com/local-data/electricity-cost/ca/ https://www.energysage.com/local-data/electricity-cost/ca/