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by hrkfmud50k 911 days ago
because NEM 3 makes new rooftop solar installations uneconomical without batteries. though even with batteries they're still pretty uneconomical
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Because NEM2 wasn't sustainable long term. TFA is talking about we don't have enough batteries for all the solar and how it might be necessary to reduce solar production during peak times. That's why we don't want to keep incentivizing solar without batteries.