Solar switch forces utilities to shift priorities

Sitting on a rooftop, soaking up sun, the humble solar panel may not look like a threat to a multibillion-dollar industry.

But some electric utility executives say it is. They even have a name for the nightmare scenario solar could create – the "death spiral."

David R. Baker

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