I disagree with the resilience point and distribution. They costs differential is just too great (more than 10X last I checked), and the grid transmission alway

I disagree with the resilience point and distribution. They costs differential is just too great (more than 10X last I checked), and the grid transmission always has to be sized to support 100% of local demand. I think the crux of it is your point that Economies of scale in solar only benefit utility companies. I largely agree with that and think the other issues flow from this. It doesnt matter if my power company is buying large scale solar for $0.03/kwh, they will figure out a way to charge me $0.50. In California, power companies are not in competition, and the government sets price controls based on a ~10% corporate profit margin. Naturally, the power company drives their opex costs as high as possible every year. The system is so broken, it is hard to see a way out. I want to try to mitigate costs by rooftop production, but the state is shifting costs from use to grid hookup fees. Hell, there has even been proposals for taxing residential rooftop production.