Measuring current direction plus more

[J.P.M.]

The utility was forced into accepting solar so they try to discourage it when possible. The cost of admission is just one thing. There is a huge amount of paperwork too.

Looked at another way: Their grid, their power, their property, their game, their rules. Don't like the way the game is run, deal yourself out.

[Sunking]

The utility was forced into accepting solar so they try to discourage it when possible.

Glad to see you understand the utility was FORCED to do it. Issue is most people do not understand that it is not greed or even necessary. No one really benefits from it. Utilities do not need the power, want it, or pass the cost onto customers. The employees of the utility including the management pay the exact same electric rate you and I do. They can buy all the power they want on the market at wholesale prices or about 1/3 what they are forced to pay a solar providers.

Now what the public is not told is lowly leaking out. When this was shoved down utilities throat government knew it was not going to work or expected for utilities to eat the losses and go bankrupt. So the government allows utility to jack up electric rates on everyone in the form of a invisible tax hidden in your electric bill the utility gets to keep to pay for it. Artificial inflation that hurts everyoine and the working class cannot afford. As for those local, state and federal credits and rebates are all paid for by additional taxes. If not for al that Mike you would not have a biz and there would be no Solar Boom. It is all artificial false economy caused by government trying to pick a winner and interference.

But there is one little dirty little secret the utilities are keeping locked up in a dark place. They know the rules of the game and the government is in on it. Utilities are not building and keeping up infrastructure to meet growing demand. When Brown-Outs and rolling planned Black-Outs start happening the Utilities will just shrug their shoulders, roll their eyes, and say: You Got What You Asked 4, What Are You Complaining About? Then energy policy will change and government will get out of the way to start building again at even much higher cost. In the mean time utilities are taking that money they are suppose to use to build capacity and infrastructure and paying it out to stock holders as dividends and pay off government officials to hide the truth. They also hedge their bet by leaking the info to the public who is now getting pissed off as they learn more. Utilities win either way. Not their fault, they just know the game and do not plan to loose the game.

So what you have is what you do not like me to say; PC at it finest. I understand, you make your living from it, so I get it. Heck anyone would do it if they take the opportunity. That is not an insult Mike, you did what few people can do, take a chance and went for it. It paid off. Just be smart and make sure you have plan B in place. All wealthy people do that. That do not teach that in public schools.