Interest and availability of photovoltaic solar (solar PV) as a source of renewable electricity generation is rapidly increasing across the country; however, its penetration on a national scale remains very low. There are many natural constraints that can serve as factors, including large upfront module costs, locations that do not receive enough sunlight throughout the year, and the inability to be self‐sufficient from using solar PV power alone. Although the use of this specific distributed energy resource (DER) universally throughout the United States in the near future is improbable, it is interesting to ponder a future where solar PV and other DERs are as common as the current methods we use to generate, transmit, distribute, and consume power. Thinking this way helps identify where we are prone to imprecisely estimating outcomes that could have far‐reaching impacts.
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