>"The right thing to do (long term) is to treat those feeding power back into the grid as commercial customers/producers, where they're compensated and charged based on current market rates. Anything else distorts the incentives significantly"
i.e. net metering.
Position #2, which contradicts position #1.
>There's no way power companies would agree to net metering in a free market
>my position is the exact opposite to what you're claiming,
Correct. Also the exact opposite of what you claimed elsewhere.
>with your rebuttal to a point I never made.
"There's no way power companies would agree to net metering in a free market" = a point you made.
If your point was actually that net metering should not be a vehicle to deliver subsidies... well, you probably should have been more clear about your point, and if so, should be discussed only in the context of other subsidies and tariffs (e.g. heavy coal and natgas subsidies).
>"The right thing to do (long term) is to treat those feeding power back into the grid as commercial customers/producers, where they're compensated and charged based on current market rates. Anything else distorts the incentives significantly"
i.e. net metering.
Position #2, which contradicts position #1.
>There's no way power companies would agree to net metering in a free market
>my position is the exact opposite to what you're claiming,
Correct. Also the exact opposite of what you claimed elsewhere.
>with your rebuttal to a point I never made.
"There's no way power companies would agree to net metering in a free market" = a point you made.
If your point was actually that net metering should not be a vehicle to deliver subsidies... well, you probably should have been more clear about your point, and if so, should be discussed only in the context of other subsidies and tariffs (e.g. heavy coal and natgas subsidies).