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Projects with storage can take advantage of the cheaper solar power by shifting their balance, installing fewer panels and more storage. This leaves the grid better off overall.

Projects with storage can also take advantage of lower grid connection power limits because they are not forced to dump maximum power at peak supply times of the day.

Sure they can.

That doesn't make pure solar installs bad. Pure solar installs are net positive.

Because they don’t want to upgrade the grid, don’t want to compromise even in flexible cases, and want to keep everything as is.

Battery and and solar with battery have (nearly) the same tax credit advantage.