Re:

> I suspect that California residents would rather see this technology evolve
> into a nice little box that stores the light during the morning and releases
> it into their light bulbs in the afternoon when the power grid is shut down.

See "Slow Glass", invented by Bob Shaw, 1966, in his science fiction
story "The Light of Other Days".
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/exper/kcramer/anth/Days.html

Or, the novel-length treatment "Other Days, Other Eyes"
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=sl&ac=sl&qi=tVRGXOYNsKXKNAldOyvanretVRi8SMva:9:114
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