To your 7. While I like it personally, it'd be more efficient if power companies put batteries at substations to absorb excess customer production. That'd hav

To your 7. While I like it personally, it'd be more efficient if power companies put batteries at substations to absorb excess customer production. That'd have all the benefits of a virtual power plant plus the ability for the power company to schedule disconnects that don't impact customers. They also don't have to deal with lost capacity because a customer decides to disconnect before a storm (or whatever reason). It makes capacity planning easier.