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by Someone 934 days ago
> You can see that a kWh on a sunny summer noon when all panels the area are working well, isn't worth the same as a kWh in the cold winter night

Often by a huge margin. Electricity prices on the spot market can go negative, and that will happen more and more often in the future on sunny, windy days. Net metering at constant $/kWh prices is unsustainable, economically.