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The problem with policies is that they can change. For years, California has had a policy in effect that required utility companies to compensate homeowners and small business owners for any electricity they exported back to the grid from their rooftop solar systems. But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. California has been a leader in the clean energy energy revolution for decades, but today it has so much solar power available — especially in the late afternoon when the sun is the strongest — that much of it is wasted. It is either given away to those who will take it or sent to ground.
Most CleanTechnica readers are aware that the utility industry has been openly hostile to rooftop solar ever since it first became available. For one thing, it disrupts how the…
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