03-13-2014, 05:38 AM
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Originally posted by geochem
All well and good - but taxpayers and the other rate payers are subsidizing your system with their tax dollars as well as their rates which maintain the grid and maintain the generation capacity that you rely on when solar goes "down". In the latter case, it's a good bet that those paying for that maintenance are a good deal less financially well off than you are. Some might consider that unfair.
I'm not grid tied, nor do I recommend being grid tied. The grid is the root of many problems - it gives consumers the freedom to use unlimited power. I don't think that the human race should have access to unlimited power - we should be sustainable - and that means living within reasonable energy usage - which in a Hawaii is amply provided by the sun.