If truth be told, the real issue is that power plants need to be built to handle peak demand. For residential users, the peak is in the mornings and evenings. These are times when solar panels are generating less energy or no energy. For example, your peak AC usage in the summer is offset from the peak sunlight by many hours. Houses don't respond instantaneously to solar radiation. In other words, your peak AC usage is not at noon but much later in the day. I used to monitor this in my last house and peak AC usage was around 6PM. Most of your power usage in the summer is AC.
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Originally Posted by photo1902
True, but solar users are not putting any strain on the grid during the day.
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