A summer power chart shared online has Massachusetts solar users marveling at just how much rooftop generation may now be helping the grid.
Even after quick corrections from fellow Redditors, the takeaway remained striking: Small home systems across New England appear to be adding up in a big way.
What’s happening?
Commenters quickly noted that the chart under discussion appeared to cover the entire New England region, not just Massachusetts.
The image, drawn from ISO to Go demand data, had led the original poster to ask whether it showed that “almost 25% of the electricity used during the day at the peak came from home solar panels.”
The poster later conceded, “This may be all of New England. I’m not used to reading the data.”…