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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
I know, I didn't understand the selfish part of the comment. Those with Solar pay the same fixed components of the delivery fees no matter what, and they pay the same variable delivery costs based on whatever they still pull from the grid. Maybe my sarcasm meter isn't working but I didn't understand the premise of the comment.
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One of the selfish parts is that the true value of electricity during the mid-day is less than that during the evening, and especially during the evening in winter. But in Alberta for the most part, that difference is not accounted for.
So with a relatively large install, a household could build up enough credit from supplying the grid during the late spring to early fall, especially with the generous 30c solar club type plans, to pay for much of their electricity costs in the winter.
That's why most of the high solar penetration jurisdictions have gone to time-of-use to plans where the mid-day electricity is charged/paid lower rates and the peak rate is in the late-afternoon to mid-evening.