Boomer23
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cwerdna said:I wonder if that's related to/due to the work of ALEC (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/23/alec-coming-for-home-solar-power/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false. :roll:Boomer23 said:I just found a page on SCE's site that is new to me, that explains how the baseline credit works in TOU-D-A, and I'm kind of floored by something they state:
https://www.sce.com/wps/wcm/connect/edc01054-c02e-4295-8d21-30c263b0b4e1/PEV_NEM_FAQs+v3_EP.docx?MOD=AJPERES" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Basically they ARE going to CHARGE us solar customers the ten cent per kWh baseline credit amount for months in which we net generate power! So if we end a month with a net generation total of 100 kWh, there'll be a CHARGE on our bill for ten cents per kWh = $10 for having sent SCE 100 kWh of power! I still can't quite believe I'm saying that, but it's as plain as day in the example.
ALEC, a group of about 800 people that includes such notables as ex-vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, appears to be going after any and all things related to renewable energy, and that includes people who install their own home solar panels and sell their excess power back to the grid. In fact, ALEC not only is saying these people shouldn't be paid for the energy, but believes they should pay for the privilege of sending energy back to the grid because they don't have to pay for the grid's infrastructure.
It could be, but the CA utilities have been crying for years about how solar customers use the grid as a big battery for free and we ride on the backs of non-solar rate payers. They've been pushing for rate changes like this for years, despite the happy face they put on about green energy.