Utilities and solar companies have long had a strange relationship. On one hand, they compete over compensation for customers wanting to put solar on their roofs, and on the other, they partner to provide solar energy from utility-scale projects to thousands of customers. But the two sides have been figuring out how to work more closely together lately — particularly on the utility side.
Now, solar companies are adapting their entire business models to be key suppliers to the utility industry. Here’s what that future might look like.