Solar panels don’t raise regular utility rates—and might even lower them

Grist
By Heather SmithJun 9, 2016, 5:05 am107 pts
In the early days of solar, there was some concern — nay, terror — of how it could destroy utilities and make power more expensive for all the plebes sans solar panels. A confession: Even Grist partook in such fearmongering: Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste…

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