{"id":927,"date":"2018-05-06T05:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T05:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarrights.org\/?p=927"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:18:20","slug":"rooftopsolarsaveseveryonemoney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solarrights.org\/rooftopsolarsaveseveryonemoney\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop Solar Saves Everyone Money. Here&#8217;s Why."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"font18px\">\n<p>Rooftop solar reduces the cost of running the electricity grid. That saves ratepayers real money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"font18px\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s how: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When more people in the community generate their own energy at homes and businesses, there is less need to build expensive new power plants, transmission lines and other infrastructure. Those savings are huge for <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everyone<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Solar users will save all ratepayers over $2 Billion this year.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, state officials in charge of managing California\u2019s electricity grid cancelled 18 electricity transmission projects and revised 23 others for the coming year, saving ratepayers \u00a0<\/span><strong>$2.6 billion <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over the next year. The agency, California Independent System Operating Corp. (CAISO), credited rooftop solar owners for the move, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe changes were mainly due to changes in local area load forecasts, and strongly influenced by energy efficiency programs and <\/span><\/em><strong><em>increasing levels of residential, rooftop solar generation<\/em><\/strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[3]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here are some individual examples of canceled projects. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PG&amp;E, one of the nation\u2019s biggest utilities, recently cancelled 13 transmission projects saving ratepayers $192 million.[4]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In early 2016, California state regulators vetoed a contract extension for an aging gas power plant because rooftop solar had already filled the energy needs for the utility, SoCal Edison. [5]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Fresno, the rapid growth of solar has California officials reconsidering the need for a major new transmission line, which is projected to cost between $115 and $145 million to build. [6]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a relatively new and welcome trend. The LA Times has documented how the utilities and state regulators ignored warnings for years about the coming solar tide, instead spending billions of ratepayer dollars on excessive infrastructure. [7]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trend is documented around the country.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jglarusso\/status\/1020330266160779265\">This Twitter post from a Boston energy management official<\/a> lays out a detailed case study of what we&#8217;re talking about here. It&#8217;s set in New England, but applicable for California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is great that regulators are finally recognizing that yes, rooftop solar is an important way to reduce the need for that expensive infrastructure. They are seeing that, in fact, generating, storing and sharing electrons from your neighborhood is cheaper than doing the same all the way from Idaho. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, the utility monopoly continues to perpetuate an anti-rooftop solar myth that solar energy is the culprit for high electricity prices.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes you wonder: is it ratepayers that the utilities care about, or simply preserving their monopoly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1] <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/54c1a3f9e4b04884b35cfef6\/t\/5ab933322b6a28bbf5c5f130\/1522086756653\/CAISO-2017-2018_Transmission_Plan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the entire 350 page CAISO report here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/Californians-Just-Saved-192-Million-Thanks-to-Efficiency-and-Rooftop-Solar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greentech Media article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[3] <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.cpuc.ca.gov\/SearchRes.aspx?docformat=ALL&amp;DocID=162547848\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CA Public Utilities Commission ruling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[4] <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article122063189.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresno Bee, 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[5] <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/projects\/la-fi-electricity-capacity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA Times, 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rooftop solar reduces the cost of running the electricity grid. 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