Bridging the Gap Between Solar Companies and Utilities Lessons learned from the Japanese solar market

摘要

It's no secret that United States utilities are feeling the growing pains of the breakneck growth of the solar market. As distributed solar floods the grid with power when the sun shines, utilities struggle to address the dual challenge of decreased revenue and greater fluctuation in demand for their conventionally generated power. Utilities have responded in a variety of ways, from adding fees for solar users to slowing solar interconnections.