Originally posted by DanKegel
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The expected benefit is about 2x the expected cost on average
There's a reason that utilities are pushing hard for phase 3 of rule 21 - so they can shut people down to prevent overgeneration on the grid. That's already being done in other countries where they have an overgeneration problem.
and I doubt east-facing arrays won't have as bad a value penalty as you fear.
This law is a perfect example of some well-meaning people who want solar not thinking through the problem. "Solar is good so let's make it a law that people have to have it!" The sad thing is that we've made this mistake before, and it came back to bite us then, just as it will now. A little thinking could have resulted in much better solutions that would:
-impact poor people less
-use the market, not law, to make change
-drive innovation in the solar market overall
But, as all who refuse to learn the lessons of history, looks like we are just going to repeat our mistakes.
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