Californians, Love Thy Neighbor as One May Power Your Dryer

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If you live in California, there’s a chance that a neighbor with rooftop solar panels will help keep your lights on soon.

In a first, the state’s grid operator has approved rules allowing companies to buy electricity from numerous homes and commercial power systems, and then bundle it up to meet a threshold needed to sell energy on the wholesale market.