Utilities reap huge profits from solar power they didn’t generate

“Groups head to California Supreme Court, seeking to upend solar rules” (June 2):It is an indisputable fact that when a rooftop solar installation exports energy that that energy goes to the nearest consumer. See tinyurl.com/rtsISretail and tinyurl.com/rtsISretailRigous for an overview.

In other words, if my solar is producing more energy than I am consuming, that energy goes to my neighbor who does not have rooftop solar, not into the grid. That energy is not transported by the utility. The utility is charging my neighbor for energy it did not produce nor deliver, charging my neighbor $0.60 per kilowatt-hour  and compensating me $0.07 per kilowatt-hour. The utility profits $0.53 per kilowatt-hour with zero investment.

In eight of the last 10 years, SDG&E made record profits. This is one way it did so.

— Gregg Ferry, Carlsbad