{"id":428961,"date":"2026-03-01T18:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428961"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:32:35","slug":"rooftop-solar-is-there-a-case-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428961","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop Solar: Is There a Case? 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQPtHI5FXoB5ezGiElJAXLJvmqwVpasxAXRJZzpjfTmlS1nsPuP7LkMO6cv4Cp0ReQaM7nm3FhEi2K2Xmuhep4C0aaS0GcVFKgf1uNOJBU_yNjjFrQCaSfXa1658DCmMPiBblDscm8uiZZQZRm9wyRpEAoIwhQ.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/solar-power-issues\/rooftop-solar-is-there-a-case\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd you wonder why people are skeptical. [Bradley] made a comment. You disputed it. He provided support. You deflected and avoided the issue with a completely illogical statement. Oh, that\u2019s right, you are a \u2018journalist\u2019.\u201d ( \u2013 Mike Robinson to Elisa Wood, below)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elisawood\/\">Elisa Wood<\/a>, writer and editor at Energy Changemakers,&nbsp;<strong>[1]<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/elisawood_a-75-year-old-science-group-offers-a-new-activity-7429532888808861696-tz4T?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAGV90kBtoxOIMAg-JwpHsSY2-j34xhgcC8\">posted<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 75-year-old science group offers a new direction following the Trump administration\u2019s climate rollback. Here\u2019s why the plan features rooftop solar, batteries, microgrids and other forms of distributed energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rooftop solar? Those big companies (like&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/sunnova-john-berger\/sunnova-autopsy-failure\/\">Sunnova<\/a>) have gone bankrupt and left customers with long-term contracts they do not like. It is a litigation paradise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430002941211758594%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430002941211758594%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">Wood<\/a>: \u201cLogical fallacy here. One company\u2019s bankruptcy doesn\u2019t damn a whole technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430003830026797056%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430003830026797056%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">Bradley<\/a>: \u201cSunnova was the biggest. But okay, let\u2019s continue with some of the rest. [I listed around 100 firms on the solar bankruptcy list.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430009571089477633%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430009571089477633%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">Wood<\/a>: \u201cRob Bradley,&nbsp;50 clothing stores went bankrupt in the US last year. By your logic, this makes clothes a bad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430091502720245761%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430091502720245761%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">Bradley<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cFallacious. Can you document how many solar companies went under as far as the total population? And unlike clothing stores, solar is a government\/taxpayer play. We need clothes but not solar.<br>Yes, the rooftop solar industry is in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/solar-bankruptcies\/solar-bust-continues-posigen\/\">serious decline<\/a>. If you have a link to argue oppositely, please provide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elisa Wood went silent, as she has no argument to make, evidently. She just \u2018did her job\u2019 as best as she could in a \u2018say it to help make it true\u2019 postmodern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point a Mike Robinson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7429998831209086977%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430025918326325248%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287429998831209086977%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430025918326325248%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">commented<\/a>&nbsp;with what should be the last word:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you wonder why people are skeptical. He made a comment. You disputed it. He provided support. You deflected and avoided the issue with a completely illogical statement. Oh, that\u2019s right, you are a \u201cjournalist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which came after his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7429532888120942593?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%2C7430005032651120640%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430005032651120640%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7429532888120942593%29\">comment<\/a>&nbsp;on the real economics of rooftop solar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s no \u201cnew direction\u201d offered in this article. Just the same old buzzwords: \u201creimagine\u201d, distributed energy\u201d, and \u201cno subsidies needed because it\u2019s so cheap\u201d.<br><br>The simple fact is that \u201crooftop solar\u201d only is economically viable when the State steps in and makes the Distributor pay \u201cretail\u201d for mid-day solar \u201csurpluses\u201d. This practice is being phased out in many areas because it\u2019s a loser on every level for anyone who doesn\u2019t have rooftop solar. That means that the people that were inclined to do it, have already done it. This is a dead end market right now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[1] Wood\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elisawood\/\">biography<\/a>&nbsp;states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elisa Wood is an award-winning writer and editor who specializes in the energy industry. She is the founder, editor, and publisher of EnergyChangemakers.com and its magazine, Decentralized Grid. She also leads the company\u2019s content services division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She co-founded Microgrid Knowledge and was editor-in-chief and co-host of the publication\u2019s popular conference series from 2014 to 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, she co-founded RealEnergyWriters.com, where she led a team of energy writers who produced content for energy companies and advocacy organizations for two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has been writing about energy for more than three decades and is published widely. Her work can be found in prominent energy business journals and mainstream publications. She has been quoted by NPR, the Wall Street Journal and other notable media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor an especially readable voice in the industry, the most consistent interpreter across these years has been the energy journalist Elisa Wood, whose Microgrid Knowledge (and conference) has aggregated more stories better than any other feed of its time,\u201d wrote Malcolm McCullough, in the book, Downtime on the Microgrid, published by MIT Press in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elisa\u2019s specialties include distributed energy resources, electrification, grid modernization, smart grid, energy efficiency, electric transmission, competitive wholesale and retail power markets, investor-owned and public power utilities, renewable energy, energy policy and economics, and other topics related to the electric power industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wrote for S&amp;P Global\/Platts for more than two decades. 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