[baking]

> Oh come on.

He was doing it for the tax credits. Without the tax credits, this project wouldn't have come close to making sense.

[Dylan16807]

The tax credits aren't coming out of the grid somewhere else. The project is a negative to tax revenue, positive to the grid, and positive to CO2 levels.

[baking]

He's using the tax credits to undersell projects with storage that would have been more positive for the grid. Solar without storage in Texas is coal to Newcastle. Subsidizing bare-bones solar is not good for the grid.

[Dylan16807]

Projects with storage can take advantage of the cheaper solar power by shifting their balance, installing fewer panels and more storage. This leaves the grid better off overall.

[baking]

Projects with storage can also take advantage of lower grid connection power limits because they are not forced to dump maximum power at peak supply times of the day.

[Dylan16807]

Sure they can.

That doesn't make pure solar installs bad. Pure solar installs are net positive.

[zekrioca]

Because they don’t want to upgrade the grid, don’t want to compromise even in flexible cases, and want to keep everything as is.

[giblfiz]

Battery and and solar with battery have (nearly) the same tax credit advantage.