why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Powell: Sunrun has 630,000 customers with about 28,000 battery installs
“We now have, you know, 630,000 customers, and about 28,000 of those have batteries, but it's important to remember a lot of those were in place before really storage became a mainstream product that was being offered in the market.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Powell: Over one-third of new Sunrun solar customers want battery storage
“I would say well over a third of those customers are interested in storage as well when they're going solar.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Powell: Consumers will increasingly adopt whole-home electrification in one step
“It's not necessarily a one stop. I'm going to do everything in my home, although I think we're going to increasingly see customers do that.”
Assertion Partly supported
Powell: Rooftop solar is the gateway to heat pump and EV adoption
“Solar so much is the gateway to so much more electrification. So what we find is customers that go solar, they do tend to be the first adopters of heat pumps. They then do tend to be the first adopters of electric vehicles, and so they really, so one of the re…”
Assertion Supported
Powell: US residential solar penetration is at 3% of 77M homes
“Like we are at three percent of seventy seven million addressable homes.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Powell: Widespread SolarAPP adoption could significantly unlock solar cost reductions
“So the solar app was one You know, initiative and innovation that, again, now we have to get more and more parties to adopt it, more and more jurisdictions to use it, but it could be a really significant unlock in the context of cost and streamlining of the pr…”
Assertion Supported
Powell: PG&E rates increased 65% since 2011
“PG&E alone has seen a 65% increase in their rates since 2011, right?”
Assertion Supported
Powell: Sunrun operates 12 virtual power plant projects
“Sunrun does have 12 virtual power plant projects in place.”