http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/17/utility-gets-ready-for-more-local-energy-in-hawaii/ 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 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/17/utility-gets-ready-for-more-local-energy-in-hawaii/#comment-158829 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50558#comment-158829 What they really need to do (from a purely financial standpoint) is set the goal solar = (peak load -average load) for each area and accelerate that installment as much as possible. If they were to try to pass this with an agreement that stated no additional PV could be added without battery back-up to aid in grid smoothing, they could limit the negative impacts on their bottom line. This would eliminate (most of) the costly peak power they have to purchase (or generate) which is normally sold at a loss. This means that they would delivering a fairly constant load to the end user, minimizing the cost of their energy and eliminating the need for grid infrastructure improvements.

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