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Texas passed California in total solar power installations last year.

That isn't because of federal policy. The IRA helps California's solar developers as much as Texan ones.

It also isn't because Texas offers such amazing state-level incentives. Quite the opposite.

East/South East (8x 400w panels) panels generated

7.0 kWh

West/North (6x 400w panels) panels generated

7.7 kWh

Solar generated 14.7 kWh

Solcast forecasted 14.26 kWh

Imported from the grid 14.6
kWh - Cost (inc standing charge) £2.43p

Exported 0.3 kWh - Exported
gain £0.04p

16.9 kWh went into the battery

Battery used 7.1 kWh

House consumed 17.5 kWh

Electricity cost for the day at 9pm (minus is a profit) £2.38p

Elmo given the #Tesla reins has churned out vapor gimmick after gimmick: robots, robocab, roadster, #solar tiles, semi, #LLMs, Crappytruck. Meanwhile canceling practical new models.

Whole thing was a bust-out, got his bag and bounced to seize the fed gov.