> Given the dramatically lower costs of utility-scale solar vs. residential rooftop solar According to Wikipedia the LCOE on small roof top solar is about twic

> Given the dramatically lower costs of utility-scale solar vs. residential rooftop solar According to Wikipedia the LCOE on small roof top solar is about twice that of utility solar. [0] So yes, it's dramatically better. But typically the price difference between what the utility is paid and what the customer is charged is 3 times, so your average household is better off installing solar despite generating it at twice the cost of a utility. The price difference isn't just transmission costs. It's also retail markup, regulatory charges and metering and billing. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_sourc... - there are a lot of tables in that page. Twice looks to be generous to the utilities.