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		aquadrop on May 9, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California to become first U.S. state mandating so... Support green energy, being more independent in case of grid electricity blackouts. That's the point of Tesla's roof tiles (at least how it's supposed to be), if you get same looking house and around the same net price, why don't do it?

happyopossum on May 9, 2018 [–]

> being more independent in case of grid electricity blackouts

That's generally not the case in California, as we're net-metering here. Very few people install storage and transfer switches to handle blackouts.

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