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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Yes to everything you said, but the new regime in California is about as 'bad' as it should get.
Net metering on a volume basis is dumb, price has to be a factor in the equation.
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Depends on your goal. Double K is grid biased. Lol
Net metering is a great way to increase solar penetration by fixing the economics of distributed solar to make them net positive. But there's a catch
Net metering can be a disaster for grid operators because it removes any price signals to match demand and supply. It doesn't affect things much until penetration gets high then you have crazy stuff like in the Netherlands where they have Net Metering and super high penetration. This has led to wildly negative prices during the day. Utilities are losing their shirts paying a customer a high price for electricity with negative value during the day and forcing them to give away electricity they have to pay a lot for in the evening.
Net metering is a great way early on to spur demand, but needs to be balanced with storage. Here in BC I'd imagine it would take a fair bit higher penetration to be a problem