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That's absurd. People should use repurposed EV batteries and just power their homes on solar without connecting to the grid. I get that it's probably a legal requirement to connect your solar to the grid, but that's bullshit and nothing short of state-sanctioned theft.
Exactly why basically that is my goal :)
I’m technically too urban to be entirely off-grid, legally, but I see no reason I can’t minimize my draw with a separate breaker system. Whole place needs to be rewired anyway because it’s ancient. Knot and tube ancient.
But most people aren't willing to go through that, and I cant blame them because there aren't any incentives to doing so, and most people don't realize how much cheaper used solar farm panels are, so it just seems like a really bad deal. And for most, who would have it installed for them, new, maybe thats true. Used with mostly-self-install is much cheaper. Even better if the whole deal needs to be re-wired anyway.