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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Oooo they are locking down on people being able to own their own generating capacity.
That should tell you all you need to know.
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They are locking down on the potential for intermittently generated electricity to overwhelm current infrastructure, not the ability to generate my own electricity. Why should I get to use the grid as my personal battery for free anyhow?
Sure, they are probably being extremely conservative with their thresholds for restricting new net-metering, but their primary responsibility is to their customers at large, not to a few people that want intertied solar.
If I want to go off-grid, I'm free to do so. It would probably cost 5x more considering I'd need to build for low output in the winter, and sufficient storage. Then in the summer I'd be overproducing by orders of magnitude.
Anyhow, as far as monopolies go, I'd say my utility functions well enough. I called them on Monday and have a guy coming out first thing Wednesday to swap my meter. Not too bad.