Comments on: Buying Local Solar Makes Florida City a World Leader http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: TCFlood http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-180034 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:20:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-180034 As usual, a good, thoughtful response. Thanks.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-180028 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-180028 Seems to me that a simple grid access fee would be the same for both. (That doesn’t mean that someone won’t be able to make it complicated. ;o)
If grid/distribution costs get split off from other parts of the system then I would expect everyone connected to pay $10/$30/whatever per month for grid upkeep and owner profits (where applicable).

To be fair it seems that net metering folks should get fee reduction for any extra electricity they send to the grid.

To me, the fairest system would be to pay end-users the clearing cost/wholesale cost for any electricity they provide the grid and let them buy back what they need at retail. That might mean that at some point end-users might find storage and using their own power could make financial sense.

And having everyone pay a share for grid access makes sense to me. Perhaps the fee should be higher for high volume users.

]]> By: TCFlood http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-180020 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:06:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-180020 Thanks Bob.

In general, how would a grid access fee affect each of these two options?

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-180011 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-180011 With a feed in tariff (FiT) you get paid a fixed amount for every kWh you feed into the grid.

With net metering you get credit for the electricity you feed in and then you can take back the same amount for free.

Often/generally with net metering you get nothing if you feed in more than you use.

FiTs seem to work better for getting an industry up and going in a hurry. If you set the FiT at a point at which people can make a bit extra income then that encourages more people to jump in. And it seems to get them to work harder to get the system price down. Lower cost means more profits.

]]> By: TCFlood http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-180009 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-180009 How is net metering different from a feed-in tariff in detail?

]]> By: Wayne Williamson http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/buying-local-solar-makes-florida-city-a-world-leader/#comment-179839 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56010#comment-179839 So glad to see Florida embracing this…Its about time….

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