The measured rate has some of the overhead in it. That's being revealed by this change. If you don't consume enough to 'pay your share' thru that part of the bill, well, then that bill will have to be increased. Call it what you like; it's paying for infrastructure.

The farce of paying for homeowner generation is something activists (whom I love) came up with, not the utility. It's clearly operating directly against the interests of the group, in as much as it is generally paid in 10X what the 'extra' electricity is worth. So, agreed. it should be some weak wholesale rate if it's anything.