As more consumers add solar panels to their residences, utility companies are considering raising their electricity prices for all their customers to make up for the lost revenue from consumers with solar panels while still maintaining their profitability. Providing consumers with reliable and affordable services is a top priority for public utility commissions, which negotiate with power companies to set rates. The combination of regulators negotiating fair buyback prices with utilities and utilities charging solar power adopters subscription fees could solve the imbalance caused by solar energy’s continued growth in popularity, Çakanyildirim said. He noted that regulators could play a key role in educating solar power adopters about the necessity and advantages of subscription fees, including keeping overall electricity prices in check. The researchers’ pricing model has a low barrier to entry, only requiring utilities to update their billing policies.