This is a quick review to let customers, especially solar customers know how much APS is screwing you. This started a while back when APS wanted to change how much it was reimbursing solar customer for their excess electricity. Their argument was they should reimburse solar customer at wholesale rates, not retail rates because this is what they paid for electricity. Then they continue to argue that solar customers are benefiting because APS has to "maintain" the wiring that solar customer use to "send back excess power." Let me explain why this is all lies.
Lets say your a solar customer, its daytime, and you have excess electricity from your solar panels. So what exactly happens to that power that APS is paying you wholesale for? Well, it leaves your home then moves to a neighbor who is using electricity. If it is summer, or even winter, it likely doesn't go far. So what wires is it using? Maybe 100 ft. of wire between your house and the neighbor. So you are being paid wholesale for this power, but guess how much APS is charging your neighbor for it? Yup retail. So APS is instantly making money on YOUR power with very little expense. But wait, it gets better. Because you are supplying the neighbor with some power, APS has to actually send LESS power across its wires so they are saving money there also. Your being played as the sap.