The Accidental History of Solar Power

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Documentary, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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If you’re even the least bit interested in solar power, you’ve probably come across an obscure, hard-to-parse, seemingly conflict-free term: net metering. It’s a system that has come to be the bedrock of the American rooftop solar industry, and the root of one of today’s biggest energy battles. It was also started by a dude named Steven Strong, kind of by accident. Buckle up folks, we're going full energy nerd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, Senior producer Maury, Nick Murray.
0:03.0	Executive producer Maury
0:06.9	and Senior producer, Mr.
0:08.0	And Senior Producer, I have a story for you.
0:11.0	Let's hear it.
0:12.0	It's about utility rate design.
0:15.0	Sam, you want.
0:18.0	Another thrilling topic from Sam.
0:20.5	Can I turn this off now or do I have to wait 15 minutes and then?
0:24.0	Okay, wait, wait, wait, I'm try again.
0:26.8	It's about the accidental origin of net metering, the obscure arrangement between renewable energy generators and the utilities that has
0:35.3	enabled explosive growth in rooftop solar energy.
0:38.9	That sounds a little more interesting.
0:40.5	I like explosive. That was the word that caught me me on that one but the rest of it could probably go okay all right
0:47.0	You look so excited by the way I'm so excited. So here's here's actually what it's about and here's why I'm so excited.
0:53.0	How about if it's the story of a guy named Stephen Strong
0:57.0	and how in his quest to save the world he gave us,
1:01.0	kind of accidentally, a system that has come to be the bedrock of the American
1:05.6	rooftop solar industry and the subject of one of today's biggest energy battles.
1:11.1	I like battles.
1:12.3	All right, so you've got me with explosive and battles.
1:15.0	Let's do this.
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