> So what are the realistic options?
Maybe the utility companies could do their job and provide a reliable electricity source, instead of outsourcing it to customers.
Maybe the utility companies could do their job and provide a reliable electricity source, instead of outsourcing it to customers.
This is quite a naive view of how the world works.
Their actual “job” is to make the most amount of money possible.
A realistic option has to be one that is both technically superior and something a company is incentivised to do.
That is generally true, but not of quasi-public utility companies. The government controls the price utilities charge, and could force them to invest in storage.