Power utilities and fossil fuel companies are the walking dead, because they simply cannot compete in a free market with solar installations and locally installed and used wind, even without subsidies. And, they are trying to use regulations and legalities which take the right away from homeowners and small towns to provide energy for themselves in favor of big company profits.
Guess where that is going to end up?
Update, 2015-10-27
California is going after energy storage Big Time:
- https://www.caiso.com/informed/Pages/CleanGrid/EnergyStorageRoadmap.aspx
- http://goo.gl/ClkHrb
- http://www.energy.ca.gov/research/energystorage/tour/
Update, 2016-02-15
On the solar triple threat, and National Grid is trying to change itself (audio presentation).
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