They're not operating at a loss. Negative prices are offset by renewable subsidies. Pedantry: Solar panels are entirely passive and cannot be shut off. You can

They're not operating at a loss. Negative prices are offset by renewable subsidies. Pedantry: Solar panels are entirely passive and cannot be shut off. You can disconnect them from the grid, but they're still gonna sit there turning photons into electrons. Might as well capture that and incentivize storage.