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The Economics of Grid Defection

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This paper explores the impending arrival of the solar-plus-battery as a fundamentally different "utility in a box." The report details scenarios in the U.S. states of California, Hawaii, Kentucky, New York and Texas, and it identifies when solar PV and storage combinations could disrupt existing utility business models.