Comments on: SmartFiTs vs FiTs http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/07/smartfits-vs-fits/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Shecky Vegas http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/07/smartfits-vs-fits/#comment-153944 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:01:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49237#comment-153944 Since the majority of energy markets are monopolies (usually shareholder-controlled), any FIT, no matter how smart, will be bitterly fought.
The best solution is to go off-grid and tell the monopolies to suck it.

]]> By: Sean http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/07/smartfits-vs-fits/#comment-153872 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49237#comment-153872 Or, set up a localised energy market, to the first choke point (usually a transformer).
Users pay an access fee (to pay for maintenance) and pay a consumption fee based on the wider area spot price multiplied by a modifier based on the choke point usage billed by the second. As current draw through the choke point approaches 100% the multiplier increases from 1. If there is a situation where there is excess generation that reduces the current going through the choke point to 0 and then generation increases further the multiplier will stay at 1 until the amount of current being pushed out approaches 100% the multiplier will decrease from 1, to 0 and potentially negative if required (thus charging anyone putting excess generation into a market already saturated).

This would encourage generator deployment where it will make the most difference because it would make the most money.

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