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Originally Posted by directfiesta
you got it 
And when the Power Utility will need extra power during peak hours, they can ... burn coal or oil ... 
Amazing how you cannot see the big picture here . |
That's not how the system works.
James Hughes, CEO of solar panel maker First Solar:::::::::
Small solar-system owners benefit significantly from ?net energy metering,? an arrangement that allows rooftop solar owners to generate more electricity than they can use at any one time, transmit that electricity to the grid and get credit for it when the sun isn?t shining.
In other words, customers who benefit from net energy metering as it is currently implemented are able to use the transmission and distribution grid as a giant virtual battery, ?storing? the excess energy they generate during the day until they need it when they aren?t generating.
Use the power co's grid- pay the fee. I don't like it anymore than anyone else. However, I realized a long time ago power co's are going to charge the consumers and the local gov is in bed with that.
Hell, right here right now in socal the power co is shutting down a nuke plant early due to mangement and operational errors- the cost of this mismanagement will be $3.5 billion dollars, which will be passed on to consumers.