You cant legally disconnect a residential residence in CA from the grid unless you get some HEAVY permits. Thats one of the reasons PGE introduced the minimum fee. Some people were making a profit pushing electricity into the grid so they make it 0.03c per kwh credit instead of wholesale.
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MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At what point is it cheaper to disconnect from the grid and just use solar with a back up generator? 50 cents+ per kWh is insane.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 day ago
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Interesting, that they’ll buy back energy at a fraction of the cost they’re charging for energy
danciestlobster@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
“interesting” is certainly one word for it
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Its hitting a lot of people that were relying on the sale of their solar in order to offset their loans for the systems.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
The problem is that the electric grid needs a minimum amount of usage to stay stable. If everyone stopped using it there would be no public electric grid which would be much worse.