[sokoloff]

Unfortunately, we have a 100 year old slate roof, which makes solar some mix of difficult, expensive, or not advised. At the exact moment of maximum heat demand (both seasonally and time of day), solar generation is at its lowest.

I do hope that slate lookalike solar tiles become advisable and cost-effective as I’d be happy to pay a small premium to generate and store locally.

[matthewdgreen]

I sympathize. We can't install solar either because of roof pitch and trees. I think my overall point is that if many customers can install solar and bypass expensive generation, this will tend to put a downwards pressure on generation prices in the long term.

Solar aside, I am thinking about installing a battery system that time-shifts from low-rate times to high-rate times. It's almost cost effective now.