[dubcanada]

It's quite obvious how solar messes with utility profits. If you generate 1kw of energy, the utility company loses profits on 1kw. And if you feed back to the grid it's even worse, that means you've completely removed them from the equation (temporarily) and instead have excess for them to buy from you.

There is no way power companies and solar rooftop can coexist with one of those seeking to gain additional profits every quarter.

So while I may be incorrect I do believe that power companies should be own by the state/what ever. As it is impossible to have coexistence between a future of renewable energies and microgrids and a company seeking profitability quarter after quarter.

If we don't they'll do exactly what they are doing, increase rates everytime possible, increase level of certification required (new UL codes every year, new weird requirements for wall mounted batteries, building code requirements, etc etc). They'll get new laws passed making it nearly impossible to add solar panels to your house. Taking years to get permits, etc. What ever they need to do.

[kwhitefoot]

Surely this is because utilities don't separate the costs of the infrastructure from the cost of the energy. In market based systems like Norway we pay for three distinct items: the energy, the fixed costs of the infrastructure, the cost of transporting the energy (the losses in the infrastructure). So I pay the first item to one company and the second and third to the local company that owns an maintains the infrastructure. The infrastructure owning company will still charge me for the cost of maintaining the infrastructure regardless of how much energy I buy from the energy supplier.