MIT study finds utility-scale solar cuts power prices, rooftop solar raises them

Research shows that while large-scale solar deployment reduces residential electricity costs, distributed rooftop solar correlates with higher rates due to increased distribution system costs, challenging assumptions about how solar deploym

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29d PV Magazine US power prices fall with utility-scale solar, rise with rooftop — MIT researchers say there is no link between renewable portfolio standards or utility-scale wind and solar and higher US residential power prices, but rooftop…

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