I’m 100% on board with renewable energy.
There’s just one problem I have right now, if I opt in (and I am opted in) to use renewable energy, I get charged more per kwh than if I were to opt out.
So while there is a lot of misinformation out there against renewables, one thing I see about it costing more has remained true, at least where I live. The power company even states that they charge you more for using renewables. Even if they frame it as being a marginal difference of a few dollars, it’s still more expensive, on top of them increasing electric costs year over year.
That’s the thing — it costs the power company less to deploy them than to run their existing system. Even if they feel like charging you more, and have convinced regulators to let them do so.