silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCalifornia lawmakers negotiating sweeping package to speed up solar, wind energycalmatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia lawmakers negotiating sweeping package to speed up solar, wind energycalmatters.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareMyOpinionlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoYou know what would have helped a lot is not changing the rules on home solar we would have added tones of solar.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThat was at its peak, only about 5% of solar installs in California; the rest has all been utility-scale.
minus-squareRubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYeah but that also results in centralized power, and the control that comes with it. Distributed solar paired with utility incentives would’ve made more sense, and reduce the natural monopoly of SCE & co.
You know what would have helped a lot is not changing the rules on home solar we would have added tones of solar.
That was at its peak, only about 5% of solar installs in California; the rest has all been utility-scale.
Yeah but that also results in centralized power, and the control that comes with it. Distributed solar paired with utility incentives would’ve made more sense, and reduce the natural monopoly of SCE & co.