7.5 The escalator: monthly payment doubles over 25 years

2.9% per year sounds small. Compounded for 25 years, that's about a 2.05× increase. Combine that with the fact that you still owe rent during months when nobody is home using power, and the effective price is higher still.

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7.4 Most new California PPA / lease systems are deliberately misshapen

7.6 The auto-renewal clause

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