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Oct 16, 2019 • 25 tweets • 8 min read
#Netmetering has brought over 8GW of solar to California, along w/ tens of thousands of jobs. NEM is a success, but it is time to evolve to something new. The recent #californiapoweroutage highlights the need for change. We can bring some #VDERlove to the Golden State (1/)
The first challenge of making NEM work for resliency is that it only works for a relatively small number of customers in California. California companies and great non-profits like @GRID have done much to expand net metering and solar employment to low income households. (2/)
Apr 25, 2019 • 63 tweets • 14 min read
NERD ALERT: Let’s talk about the Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) tariff in NY. I’ll give a trigger warning that there are suggestions in this thread that there is a life beyond net metering for states serious enough to overhaul their distribution systems.
the inspiration for this thread was an order out of the @NYSDPS last week on VDER. The order made some significant changes to reflect the long run value of distributed energy resources and make the tariff FAR more financeable and more attractive for solar-plus-storage. (2 of ?)
Mar 12, 2019 • 31 tweets • 7 min read
I have read @JesseJenkins's piece, @JulianSpector's write up of it. Having nerded out on this topic for several years now I just can't let this one go both b/c I find it fascinating and b/c I think Jesse & co. are falling into a trap of only looking @ short run values. (1 of ?)
a typical dist solar system will be online for 30+ years. It will come as we (hopefully) decarbonize much of the economy by electrifying it. As we do that it will be important to ensure we avoid this growth from driving up peak loads and thereby infrastructure investment.(2 of ?)
