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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Wait, you mean we know what happens if we don't pay the monthly bill for the solar electric system installed on our house, right?  |
I don't have a solar system ... or even a house!
But soon that'll be no problem as the energy startups are j-curving seeing the energy deregulation boom coming - everybody (who understands the future) wants to be the AT&T or Verizon of power. Startups like
Solstice are going after deregulation in a big way by installing community systems that people can subscribe to with no up-front costs or having their own rooftop solar system.
And pro tip: the notion energy deregulation and renewable energy is a blue-vs-red thing is complete crap - the hilarious part are the investors publicly preaching oil & gas but privately investing in renewables. As an example, as of July 2020,
TX, OK, and IA generated more wind & solar electricity on a trailing-12-month basis than all 20 blue states combined. Texas is smart - they're simply transitioning from oil to wind and solar before anyone realizes TX won and they lost the race. it's a core reason Tesla looked at TX & OK for their new plant and I wouldn't be surprised to seem them spend some of their new $12B in OK.
For some people energy deregulation has been happening for 10 years, but for many others it'll seem like suddenly it's dumb not to subscribe to a community energy service (which will be solar/wind based). And, of course, once you're already generating your own electricity off your roof and/or community system, why pay for another form of energy, gasoline?
Just like cell phones killed landlines and streaming is killing cable, energy deregulation will kill consumer oil & gas - Texas figured it out 5 years ago.