If solar on rooftops (with batteries or EV connections) became really widespread in the US it may make some sense to be able to isolate communities from the rest of the grid to localize failures. Utilities would probably hate it but it could be really resistant to disruption.
> Utilities would probably hate it but it could be really resistant to disruption.
I mean, I don't really understand why they'd hate it. I'd hope they'd embrace it. Deploying batteries for communities would allow utilities to still support things like net metering while also also allowing them to turn off grid connection for an area so the main lines can be worked on (without disrupting service).
It'd also give them a lot more time to address outages, even really severe ones.
Not to mention their ability to better control load and generation with rapid response batteries.
