NRG Energy Exec Questions Why Solar Is the ‘Bad Boy’

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Is there a way to integrate increasing amounts of rooftop solar, enabling customer choice and a cleaner grid, while ensuring that utilities are compensated for lost revenue? It’s a question on the minds of many experts in the power sector. For Steve Corneli, senior vice president of sustainability, policy and strategy at NRG Energy, the...

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JoshK

Solar only produces good during peak demand times of the day, right? So is there a difference between "compensating for lost revenue" and "reducing infrastructure costs" from trimming peaks where the ROI on more capacity is reduced anyway because it is only needed rarely? Seems like a win-win.

( ROI = Return On Investment )