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The shift to NEM3 moves from providing an extra unqualified subsidy for solar generation by reimbursing distributed generation at near retail rates to reduce th
by dragonwriter 2mo ago
The shift to NEM3 moves from providing an extra unqualified subsidy for solar generation by reimbursing distributed generation at near retail rates to reduce the subsidy and tie it to installing storage, which is what the grid needs far more than additional solar generating capacity.
The subsidies succeeded to the point where it no longer made sense to subsidy what was originally subsidized at the rate it was subsidized. That’s not a conspiracy, that’s the goal of a subsidy.