It does nothing for the grid in terms of making it cheaper for everyone else. It lets people feel like they reduce CO2 emissions and gives them a discount on their electricity after an upfront investment.

I don't even hate solar panels, but let's not pretend like we're decentralizing power generation with them. Maybe if you hook your house up to a whole-house battery that can get through several cloudy days. I'm all for not relying on the government.

But people want to act like all the excess power they generate is magically and freely stored for them by the electric company. When in fact, peak generation is at minimum demand time.