At present, utility companies across the nation are facing a changing landscape. Contrary to previous predictions, utility companies—which have for generations taken for granted their leverage as providers of electricity—are now looking for means to remain relevant and cope with the way homeowners are choosing to power their homes. Over the past decade, solar energy has been rising to prominence, transforming from inside-out the entire dynamic of how Americans and people the world over are generating their electricity.
At present, many cities and states across the U.S. have even set goals to achieve a particular solar carve out (or solar generation quota) by 2020 and 2030. With as much as solar has done to make a difference already, its utter dominance of the energy sector...