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[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but it's 'free' generation capacity, and storage works far better at grid scale

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But someone still needs to pay for that storage investment (as well as for maintaining the grid), and if noone (or nearly noone) is paying for their power then there is no money to invest in these things

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 months ago

Agreed, but I don't think anyone here is arguing against split bill for generation vs grid maintenance and improvement, just that they want return on the power they put back into the grid, if for no other reason than to offset their own investment