By contrast, my co-op is very solar friendly because we the members are. We elect the board members and my representative is a neighbor I voted for. Member participation and questions at the annual meeting are strongly encouraged. And so forth. Perhaps it depends on community involvement. Our monthly service fee is currently $21 and going up gradually as the co-op tries to more fairly distribute the infrastructure maintenance costs that we all use, including net metering customers. Serving 13,000 meters over four counties, in some of the most rugged terrain in the lower 48, is more expensive than serving a big city, with a huge economy of scale. Our co-op is one of the ones that put pressure on Tri-state to increase renewables in their mix, and allow more local renewable generation, although I think the main pressure for the former is coming from the states.
Watch: White Pine completes a floating solar project, one of the largest in the US White Pine Renewables has completed a floating solar array in northern California that the company claims to be the largest in the United States. The 4.8 MW Healdsburg Floating Solar Project was installed on ponds at the City of Healdsburg’s wastewater treatment plant. It will deliver energy to the city under under a 25-year power purchase agreement. The project site and floating PV approach, a largely underutilized technology, were chosen to help reduce evaporation and algae growth at the ponds, benefitting nearby vineyards that use the water for irrigation.
It would depend on whether there's concern about affecting the ecosystem in the reservoir by adding shading. A pumped hydro reservoir would be more likely to have an issue than a wastewater treatment plant.
@mspohr summer 2019 ERCOT also failed, so it was winter 10 yrs ago AND..... (high prices are a feature, not a bug) https://vibrantcleanenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RHODES_Big_Tent_Energy_20190911v2.pdf
Wasn't sure where this should go but I really liked JBs solar garden so I'm putting it here. Really great piece on JB Straubel.