It is a complicated subject. Australia is doing well with solar assist from housing. Not a perfect solution, but it is working.
California is blessed with lots of sunshine and it happens that sunshine and A/C seem to happen at the same time. That works well together.
In any event the power company has to have spinning reserve to accommodate spikes in power consumption and loss of outside power (clouds) so they don't save anything on generation but they do save on fuel, some. Companies are pretty good at lobbying their regulators for a rate structure which gives them reimbursement. Deregulation has not saved anybody any money in utility power (or turnpike fees, by the way).
There are lots of pumped storage schemes from pumping water up a hill to a reservoir to compressing air into underground caverns during times of excess power. Then the storage can be used to supplement power during peak periods or, in the case of solar, at night.
There is an advantage to having power come from all over as that diminishes the load on trunk lines. With modern inverters the solar panel can cheaply provide exactly the right voltage and frequency to satisfy the grid.
I am not for more government and more regulation however in power supply to people who can't take care of themselves (I could live off grid) public utilities make sense.
And you could not pay me enough to live in the land of the fruits and nuts.
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