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by ArkyBeagle 3853 days ago
It's much harder with oil at 40ish/bbl.
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toomuchtodo 3853 days ago
Very little oil is used in electricity generation, except in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

The problem is everyone is racing to deploy renewables, driving the price of electricity down. This is good for consumers, bad for utilities. Traditional returns are going right out the window (or rather, are being transferred away from utilities to renewables manufacturers).

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ArkyBeagle 3852 days ago
So read "oil" as "oil and gas." To an extent, coal too.

That too, although pound for pound alts are still slightly more expensive.

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TYPE_FASTER 3852 days ago
Yes, NRG, SolarCity, and Sungevity all were looking to get panels on my house. Good time to be a consumer.
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toomuchtodo 3852 days ago
If you don't mind me asking:

* Did you decide to move forward with an installation?

* If so, who did you select as the installer?

* If not, why not?

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