I am poking fun at the idea we may actually need to hide our solar in the first place, it is so rediculous, and yet here we are discussing rules/laws/regulations that could in fact lead to 'the man' scouring the countryside with satelites to identify rouge solar operations and shut them down. I mean, really?
I am pretty sure, this is anti-freedom, and although may be disguised as 'for the good of' 'for safety' or 'to be fair to others' - I don't buy it.
We have all seen the video of the LiFePO4 cell that smokes out the guys' garage, but never catches fire. - seems pretty safe to me, and glad I put my batteries in a separate metal building, - the point - the batteries do not seem to be much of a hazard. PV, rapid shut down, Arc fault shut downs, class-T fuses okay we have a lot of built in safey going on here. I think my welding and Oxy-Act set ups are about 1,000,000x more of a hazard then my solar; but no one says I can't weld, or cut steel.
The percentage of homes completely off grid in Canada/USA is very low, maybe 0.05% and the number of homes with both solar and utility, and using both is considerably more, but no where near where Australia is, or parts of the EU, it will take decades to catch up to them at the rate we are going. Are they putting a fix to a problem that doesn't exist? Are PUC/corporate utilitiy providers flexing their control, taking advantage, looking for an easy buck, putting rules in place to slow the growth of home solar, - you decide.
Should you have the right to collect the sunshine that hits your property - I say yes.
Should you have the right to recklessly endanger your neighbour - I say no.
Should you have the right to tell the utility - whether public or private - "no thanks I don't need your service" - I say yes.
If many many homes tell the utility 'no thanks' does this automatically mean we "Owe them" for their failed investment - I say no.
We started this thread with the idea the State or local gov would/could limit your production:
Should the local utility - whether public or private - be forced to buy all my/our excess production - I say no.
They should be able to limit inputs, and controll the overall system, sure, but not 'tax' how many PV panels are installed on my/our properties, not limit our own production for our own uses, that is none of their concern as long as we are responsible, ie not endangering our neighbours.
Rant over, please return to your regularly scheduled postings.