Today’s electricity prices reflect neither the costly “externalities” of fossil and nuclear fueled generation, nor the real benefits of solar generation to ratepayers, local utilities and the grid. We’ll look at wholesale market price suppression, fuel price risk mitigation, avoided transmission spending, long term contracting, grid reliability, power quality and mitigating utility investment risks. We’ll explore current electricity pricing mechanisms, how solar should be appropriately valued, and the policy questions regarding how to get there.