Reply To: Electric Cars are they in your future?

The excess electric that you generate during the day goes to the electric company who must buy it at it’s sale price. Your account is then credited for that amount and at night when your system is not generating you are buying back electricity against the credit balance. The only way to store electricity is with batteries. Most solar systems do not have batteries so if there is a blackout at night you will have no power until the sun comes up. The electricical grid in which the solar system is generating the electricity is just wire not a battery and so over a short time it loses power of this electricity. Solar energy not sold quickly is a total lose for the electric company which must be made up by charging higher prices for electricity. The only solution I see is for the electric company to pay a lower rate for solar power and or not buy all the excess solar energy.
Wind farms and Hydroelectric are not generated by individual and likewise the electric companies are not forced to buy thier excess electricity. They also generate electricity 24 hours a day