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[quote=Anonymous]Solar power policy in CA is a so f'd up. There is no way this is going to be enforced in 10 years.

So many people in CA started installing solar panels on their roofs in CA after doing a cost analysis of how much they cost vs what they would get back selling surplus power.

Then in a bait and switch, the state Public Utilities Commission in late 2022 slashed by about 75% the rate that utilities pay homeowners with new solar panels when they sell surplus power to the grid. The rate structure went into effect for solar applicants beginning last April. So demand for solar panels has now plunged by 80%. And Gov. Newsom just vetoed another bill that would benefit schools using solar power because it wouldn't be fair for poor people who don't have solar power to pay more for electricity from power companies if so many people are using solar power.

This article from the LA Times explore another mess that the infrastructure isn't yet available in CA to capture all the solar power.

"A new analysis by Los Angeles Times staff writer Melody Petersen found major problems in the state’s current solar economy. Oversupply of solar power is causing California’s operators to regularly halt production or even pay electricity traders to take power off their hands. Sometimes, other states snag the extra energy for cheap. Meanwhile, California residents, businesses and factories pay around two to three times as much for power as the national average.
There are a range of factors at play, but a key takeaway from the Times’ analysis is that California’s most-in-the-nation solar panel buildup isn’t enough for an ideal alternative energy model. Millions of dollars of electricity go to waste because the infrastructure isn’t in place to store or move all the solar power"[/quote]

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