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		amluto on May 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows into Gr... Also, look at the hilariously high cost of electricity in PG&E territory. If you can deal with storage and peak loads, on-site generation is competing with 20-40 cents / kWh charged by PG&E, not the vastly lower prices that PG&E pays for generation.

newnewpdro on May 9, 2019 [–]

Downed PG&E transmission lines are also implicated in causing fires in the state, just another argument in favor of decentralized, on-site generation.

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