> It was kind of shady how everybody was rushing to get solar earlier this year so they could get grandfathered in before NEM 3 took effect, making all these complicated long-term ROI calculations, but this other new policy that would invalidate all those calculations was kept secret until after NEM 3 took effect.
Since this surcharge is independent of usage, this shouldn't affect the solar calculation, right? That is, if you don't install solar you pay $USAGE + $SURCHARGE, if you do install solar you pay $USAGE+$SURCHARGE-$SOLAR. The total dollars saved with solar should be identical, unless you were banking on a per-kWh increase.
The proposed policy splits the current bill into two part, it reduces the existing per kWH price to add the surcharge price. With solar you sell your excess generation to the utility at the per kWH price, so with the new policy the utility will pay you less. On top of NEM 3.0 already reducing what the utility pays for solar, these projects won't make financial sense anymore.
Since this surcharge is independent of usage, this shouldn't affect the solar calculation, right? That is, if you don't install solar you pay $USAGE + $SURCHARGE, if you do install solar you pay $USAGE+$SURCHARGE-$SOLAR. The total dollars saved with solar should be identical, unless you were banking on a per-kWh increase.