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Eventually that's true. However, we have yet to hit that point as solar is still a small fraction of electricity production in the US and the daytime peak is huge.


Utilities must build for worst case load. This going to be a nightmare for utilities. To learn more, read about the duck-curve http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/solar-energys-duck-cur...




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