[PA Engineer]

The utility does not have that much to do with it except for paperwork and billing.

The utility, more specifically the power producers have to maintain spinning reserve whether there is solar or not.

[DBrow]

Most solar cogen sites don’t produce much power. The civil sites where they cover a landfill or brownfield can crank out a megawatt, then you need turbines ready.

Some guy’s rooftop hardly makes a blip.