Frank is spot-on with this analysis. His is the correct paradigm for analyzing this "problem".

The real issue is that utilities know that net-metering will continue to grow, and they see their market share declining.

JBK

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“To be sure, any customer who purchases less electricity than the average is ‘subsidized,’” Young wrote. “It is the average rate structure, not net metering, that shifts costs among retail customers.”

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