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Finishline42

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19. Are you saying that Utilities won't or can't deal with the varibility of solar or wind?

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 07:18 PM

Jul 2013

Pam,
Are you saying that as the percentage of Solar and Wind systems increase, utilities will be unable to deal with local variability of supply or just won't try to?

Most of the electric power in my neck of the woods is from coal. One of the local PV installers has had a meeting with the utility - they are starting to notice as some customers are dropping their usage to zero. He suggested they could offer their customers the same PV packages and the response was that they still have to amortize existing coal fired plants and couldn't afford to go down that road. Of course they just bought that company in the last couple of years so they may be screwed in a big way if PV gets any cheaper!

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Are you saying that Utilities won't or can't deal with the varibility of solar or wind? Finishline42 Jul 2013 #19