California pulls the plug on rooftop solar
Suppose a small farmer went to Safeway and said, "Hey, I have 100 pounds of carrots every couple months. I want your cashiers to buy them from me at the retail price!"<p>First, Safeway buys in very large lots from certified suppliers, who can commit to (almost) always having carrots.<p>Second, those suppliers have to deliver at a loading dock, and maybe at a central location, too.<p>Third, Safeway pays them wholesale prices, not retail.<p>All of those analogies apply to selling power back to PG&E at retail prices. It's in small lots; it's undependable; it comes from many sources, not just a few; and it's priced wrongly.<p>Yes, PG&E can be read as Pricks Grabbing Everything, but they're what we've got.