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by onlyrealcuzzo 1064 days ago
IIUC, levelized cost of energy DOES NOT include transmission costs: https://www.re-explorer.org/re-data-explorer/cost-of-energy/...

Adding in transmission costs would make non-rooftop solar 2x+ more expensive...

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Rooftop solar is still taking advantage of that transmission and distribution; the consumer with their own solar is just not paying their fair share of the cost of that infrastructure.