No, I stole them from the neighbors house and then told her I was oppressed by her ancestors.... and then she apologized, started sobbing and handed me the keys to her car.
So the surcharge makes sense from a load planning perspective. Solar panels are great when the sun is out and they’re producing. But when it’s not, you still need energy from the grid, which means the utility still needs to maintain and enhance the system that feeds you, which costs money, even if you’re not using it all the time. Power grids are extremely expensive to build and maintain. Obviously in California they have many more problems than just that, but I get the need to pay a surcharge to maintain the feed to your house.
Did you pay your tax to install them and then pay the Power Company surcharge every month to keep them?
No, I stole them from the neighbors house and then told her I was oppressed by her ancestors.... and then she apologized, started sobbing and handed me the keys to her car.
Can't tell if that's a joke or actual taxes in California...
That's how fucked up they've become
https://news.energysage.com/net-metering-2-0-in-california-everything-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=Under%20NEM%202.0%2C%20residential%20and,PG%26E%20customers%20will%20pay%20%24145.
You pay a fee to the power company when you install it. You pay a new minimum surcharge (NBCs) that others do not.
So the surcharge makes sense from a load planning perspective. Solar panels are great when the sun is out and they’re producing. But when it’s not, you still need energy from the grid, which means the utility still needs to maintain and enhance the system that feeds you, which costs money, even if you’re not using it all the time. Power grids are extremely expensive to build and maintain. Obviously in California they have many more problems than just that, but I get the need to pay a surcharge to maintain the feed to your house.
We have reached a point where I don't know if what you said is parody or not.