net metering arose in the past year, but then recently stalled and got punted indefinitely after a lot of backlash. We’re not yet sure how it will resurface. Listen in as solar industry expert Alex Williams of Solar Energy Partners talks to CleanTechnica’s Zach Shahan about these topics.
I asked Alex for more details on how the proposals from earlier in the year would impact current rooftop solar panel owners as well as people who are looking to go solar. He pointed out that there were two basic topics: 1) how much the utility charges to be connected to the grid, and 2) how long they will honor net metering rules.
One thing that surprised me quite a bit, though, was how directly Alex pushed back against the widespread utility claim that rooftop solar benefits the super rich at the cost of the rest of society. He said that wasn’t the case at all from his experience in the industry. “I’ve always found that that’s a very interesting argument to try and make because, being in the industry,would be considered lower-middle [income] or even lower-income.
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Very inaccurate. Solar electricity has been purchased at high price in order to encourage the introduction. At some point, the pricing need to adopt to supply-demand. Also, who pays grid infrastructure?
solar_rights PGE4Me, Newsom, & CPUC = the corrupt triad propagandizing class warfare. In California, green energy is a bait-n-switch perpetrated on rooftop solar homeowners. Buy PVs, pay tax, get taxed again. Newsom = Sen_JoeManchin, choosing corporate profits over rooftop solar homeowners.
Thank you for talking about this important issue! SaveSolar
IMHO it is a no to net metering.