Related. Even as energy production prices from solar trend towards zero, end user energy costs is still going to be lower bounded by transmission costs. Calif

Related. Even as energy production prices from solar trend towards zero, end user energy costs is still going to be lower bounded by transmission costs. California in particular is getting a nasty taste of this, with many customer's bill being mostly transmission costs. However, this is largely because they're paying for PG&E's lawsuit payouts and regulatory required upgrades. Energy can be free, but reliable and safe transmission will likely always be expensive.