RE: Penalising Solar- You Cannot Steal From The Sun

It's been about 45 years since Idaho and Arizona first embraced net metering for solar. It means less strain on the grid at peak times of demand for air conditioning because the sun is strongest then, too. The bureaucratic demands and corporate collusion you describe are evidence of political corruption, like you said. There's no real economic gain, just an attempt to benefit from immediate political plunder at the expense of long-term solutions. Political entrepreneurs are mercantilist scum, but some vague caricature of "capitalism" will be blamed, especially if Blackrock is involved.