Grid-Tie without netmetering

[Ian S]

Both the utility and the town would almost surely have to approve the installation with signoff by a licensed electrician. Without the proper meter, it's quite possible that you'd be charged for anything you fed back into the grid. Look beyond SolarCity since they are usually only interested in leasing and their purchase pricing is typically non-competitive.

[progro]

I'm in the United States and have a strong electrical background. I want to install a 1K grid-tie system to start with either
a Sunny Boy or Enphase microinverters into a 240 volt dedicated circuit breaker in my panel. I've done a number of
off-grid and hybrid systems for people but have never done a grid-tie.

I don't want to go through the hassles of a net metering agreement but will be using legal UL listed equipment not
one of the "plug and play" Chinese systems and getting it inspected by my town.

In my area (CT) Solar City, etc. have the market wrapped up and even after calling my utility, they said *you should
really go with one of those companies" which I'm opposed to do for a number of reasons.

So my question is, since my starting system is so small, will the power company see the wattage I generate as excess
or will it be absorbed by my usage? I'm constantly around 1.2KWh on the mains during the day.

I'm not sure how my meter actually is configured for back-feeding.

I know I could just try it and put a clamp amp meter on the mains and see if it jumps but wanted to get some opinions
here.

Another option is just setting up a hybrid 24V system with a few dedicated circuits which would bypass the meter
completely when I'm generating power.

Would love to hear some thoughts and opinions.

Thanks!