/2024/10/new-mexico-bill-would-expand-low-income-access-community-solar/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /2024/10/new-mexico-bill-would-expand-low-income-access-community-solar/#comment-147268 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 22:39:11 +0000 /?p=107540#comment-147268 There seems to be some ‘niggles’ in “community solar PV investment schemes”. Washington State was probably one of the first to propose such a project. Part of the problem as a public power project with private investors that can “buy into” the project a number of panels to offset one’s energy use each day credited to their power meter where they live. Here is where things start to fall apart. Vandalizm, who pays to have this remediated, security, who pays for security of the “public array”, acts of GOD, a freak hail storm blows through with hail the size of baseballs and winds of 60 MPH or more, who pays to replace the solar PV panels in the farm? Insurance, liability of any public works type project will be considered an “attractive nuisance” by a law firm suing the “public solar PV project.” Bottom line, “There is NO free lunch.” When ‘things’ go wrong, who and how does one pay to put the solar PV project right once again?

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