A solar energy company will soon begin clearing thousands of protected Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert, including many thought to be a century old.
  • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOPEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    How? What are the differences between the new and old versions of net metering in California that are affecting this situation?

    • blandfordforever@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      6 months ago

      I think the new version of net metering pays homeowners less than it did previously, for power that they feed into the grid, disincentivizing rooftop solar.

      • Hello_there@fedia.io
        7·
        6 months ago

        Yes. Why put solar on rooftops, where people need it, when the utility can bulldoze the desert and make miles of transmission lines and get paid 10% to do so?

      • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Well, at a certain level of generation, adding more isn’t as valuable since the excess needs to be stored to offset the base need. So it makes absolute sense for the compensation to drop as supply goes up.