Not so in the US.
This seems to be a sticking point some refuse to accept especially when it does not favor the POV they want to push. Things are different all over and what works ( or does not work) in one place does not mean it's the same all over.
The scam's I was looking at this morning are either 8 or 12C solar feed in and 23 to 33 c when you buy from the scammers.
The deals you have are way beyond anything available here, not even in the same ball park.
What you have is a dream compared to anything we can get and while it might seem unfair to you to have to give the power cos the credits, to me the deal still sounds fantastic!
Because my systems is bootleg, the power is wasted all together when I make more than I use. I have to shut the inverters off so I don't go into credit or I will get a please explain and a smartarse meter. I know you love them and I can see why but they are merely a tool for fking us over every which way here.
I would be happy to give any excess back and I could then point out something else I do for the environment that 99% of the green whingers can't match but they are to greedy so in the one case which would be way beyond insignificance, they screw themselves over.
Then again, I have been talking to a few people from different forums that are in teh same boat here and want to do their own systems the same way.
I'm sure a LOT of people wouldn't care what they gave back if they could get a nil or good as bill.
Given our impending dire power crisis looming over the next few years and maybe 5-10, I predict a drastic turn around in policy from the power co's . The whole solar thing was started in the first place here because the grid was a shambles and the advent of Cheap AC and the uptake thereof had put huge pressure on the grid it couldn't meet. Solar was the stopgap measure to reduce the burden. Unfortunately they let the cat out the bag which will never go back in although they are trying to tie it's feet together best they can.
Now we are heading back to the same, or actually far worse shortages, taking the hobbles off rooftop solar may be something they look at so the grid doesn't melt in a steaming pile and it would also be a way of being able to meet the green targets both sides are riding on for our up coming election.
Will all depend on how bad things get and how much pressure is bought on the pollies and their power co masters to keep the lights on.
We get to "sell" power to the power at peak times and buy the electricity back the same day for 400% less. But there is a catch.... If at the end of the year we have any energy credit dollars, we have to give those kWhrs/energy credit dollars to the power company for free.
The advantage for a consumer who consumes most of their electricity at night is they need far fewer panels. But for those who have a air conditioner and pool pump they run during the day they are screwed. They would need maybe three to four times the number of solar panels to maybe cover the amount of electricity they use per year.
I've received quotes were the solar designer has me at the end of 25 years giving $125,000 of free electricity to the power company for free.
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