[jplr8922]

As an ex-power trader active in the californian market, his analysis is incomplete.

The pricing of wholesale market depends on many factors, including 1) the amount of electricity consumed at time T (quantity) 2) the variation on that amount at time T (delta of your quantity) 3) the location (delivery fee for your quantity)

The problem with solar in californa is that electricity is produced when the market does not need it, and that it stops production when the demand increases. The current reality is that 'green' power generation increases the dependance on 'brown' power source for reliability reasons. Your can read more about this here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve

That ''net metering'' thing is to electricity prices what Santa Claus is to christmas presents.