Residential solar follows a similar pattern: it seems affordable for homeowners, but raises system costs through rate structures that over-incentivize adoption. Generous subsidies, like retail-rate net metering, drive excessive solar…
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Major Solar Company Files for Bankruptcy After California Strips Subsidies
SunPower, a major rooftop solar company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, the company announced.
California’s Electricity Disaster In Seven Charts
Residential electricity prices jumped nearly 12% in 2023 and they are going higher. But the carbon intensity of power generation isn’t falling and low-income ratepayers are subsidizing the rich.
Net Metering Rethink: Rooftop Solar in Trouble (a hidden subsidy in addition to ITC)
Solar as a grid source of electricity is uneconomic, from the rooftop to the large solar arrays. So various government interventions pushed by the solar lobby must come to the…
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