Drackar39 t1_j1lgfij wrote on December 25, 2022 at 9:30 AM

Reply to comment by fallte1337 in Struggling to afford heating bills, Britons turn to 'warm banks' to keep out the cold by rein_deer7

So, how this generally works is, your net generation is recorded, for the year, and any surplus, for the year, is logged with your power company.

Then, when you use more than you produce, it is off-set by higher production time periods.

Your solar running a bunch of air conditioners in the summer pays your power bill running heat in the winter.

fallte1337 t1_j1p7ed9 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 7:13 AM

I know how it works but the fact you are generating power in summer when there is not that much demand and plenty of power doesn’t help in winter does it? It helps your bills, sure but if there is not enough power there will be blackouts and your solar is not going to help.

Drackar39 t1_j1r5kv0 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 7:14 PM

The primary issue isn't lack of sufficient power plants, it's cost of fuel to run those power plants (alongside rank profiteering by literal criminal scumbags, but that's another topic).

Any fuel that isn't used "in the summer" is still available "In the winter".