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This piece overlooks the fact that utilities can install solar power cheaper than a residence can. This will always be the chase. Electricity will drop in price
by yessql 14y ago
This piece overlooks the fact that utilities can install solar power cheaper than a residence can. This will always be the chase. Electricity will drop in price accordingly.
- fiatmoney 14y agoBut transmission losses will be lower when generation is closer to the point of use, and storage costs may be too (eg, hot water tank or "accumulated" AC in a well-insulated house, vs. expensive batteries).
- toomuchtodo 14y agoGeneration and transmission are two different utility businesses. This article is about how people are not going to want to pay to be hooked to the utility "just in case".
- snowwindwaves 14y agoI believe people will. E willing to pay quite a bit, just in case, because that power is extremely valuable to someone when they are otherwise facing the prospect of having none.
- khalstvedt 14y agoAlthough the point of the article is to identify a snowball effect with distributed solar generation vs. fossil fuel, that angle leaves out a lot. Obviously utilities companies will (try to find a way to) pivot, and provide services or guarantees that a disconnected setup would not have. Hell, they may even install panels on your roof when your house is built in exchange for discount/free energy, and sell the excess for profit.