> so your utility company is probably going to make four times as much energy per dollar invested in solar panels as you are, unless you're in the usa, so they can sell it to you much cheaper than you can make it yourself
I agree they can make it cheaper than me, but I don't think your second conclusion follows.
What they will do (and ARE doing) is simply increase their profit.
My utility company has already approved rate increases for the next 5 years (7-12% per year), and it has increased every year for the previous 10+.
So for me, the cheapest way to get electricity is to make it myself from my own roof. I made 933kWh in May for a bill of -$56.
yeah, to me it seems like a pretty reasonable investment even when you aren't being ground under the boot of kleptocratic government corruption, but an obviously good one when you are, unless they start levying a special solar panel tax ot something
I agree they can make it cheaper than me, but I don't think your second conclusion follows.
What they will do (and ARE doing) is simply increase their profit.
My utility company has already approved rate increases for the next 5 years (7-12% per year), and it has increased every year for the previous 10+.
So for me, the cheapest way to get electricity is to make it myself from my own roof. I made 933kWh in May for a bill of -$56.