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"still offsets" - yes "just as valuable" - no Reducing the price that the utility pays for solar KWs makes economic sense.

• jacquesm 3y ago
  That's not how energy markets work. This is by design and whether or not you think it's fair isn't really all that important. Energy prices are determined by the most expensive source of the moment, not by the least expensive one.
  • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > Energy prices are determined by the most expensive source of the moment Most expensive marginal source. More cheap solar shifts over that margin.
    • jacquesm 3y ago
      That's fair, but it would have to shift quite a bit still to get to the point where the marginal source would be a different one. Typically this is to all of the producers benefit (including the solar ones) so they tend to keep those most expensive sources alive at all costs.