[palmer]

If as you say the SFD is a pittance, even if it amounted to 10 or 20%, that would ease the pressure on the grid so there wouldn’t have to be rolling blackouts and the like.

In California you have relatively good weather and predictable weather for generating solar power. It will never amount to more than a couple percent of demand simply because there is not much energy captured that way (about 25% of the sum's energy at best). Contrast that with well-placed windows that can capture 90% of the sun's energy and turn it into interior heat.

OTOH, you can also benefit in SoCal from using solar for A/C. In the desert SW that is probably the most cost effective use of solar. That doesn't work very well here in the east.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the comments Palmer. I appreciate the perspective on these matters.