http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/03/13/grid-tied-pv-is-stupid/ News, Analysis and Opinion for the Informed Boulder Resident Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:15 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.boulderblueline.org/2010/03/13/grid-tied-pv-is-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jeff Hohensee Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:37:58 +0000 http://www.boulderblueline.org/?p=671#comment-12 many good points. but… grid tied solar PV reduces peak demand, reducing the need for centralized plant capacity, which often sits idle. this raises rates and increases the hurdles for bringing dirty coal offline. authentically smart meters could provide the feedback loops to end users to impact wasteful use/habits. many good points. but… grid tied solar PV reduces peak demand, reducing the need for centralized plant capacity, which often sits idle. this raises rates and increases the hurdles for bringing dirty coal offline. authentically smart meters could provide the feedback loops to end users to impact wasteful use/habits.

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