"Selling to the grid?"
No. I'm also not invested in any local utility, as so many government employees are.
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Getting full retail?"
What does that mean? I paid retail for every component and don't receive money from anyone for the install.
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If you’re in Florida or the SW part of the country or some sunny intermountain locations, then you are probably a net asset to the rest of us."
The nearest power lines here are several miles away. There's no meter. There are nearly no residents. Maintenance would also be extremely high for the company with yearly winter wind gusts up to 110 mph and the ice dunes that result.
On those who are getting the tax credits, see
comment #10. I disagree with the subsidies, tax credits and rebates, but I also disagree with sponsored propaganda that defames everyone who has a PV solar system. Many of us buy and install without money from government.
I brought this up here, because NIMBYs come from the east (some by way of CA). They've regulated property in the area to uselessness (extreme impact fees, mandatory engineering and permitting costs) and have made it known that, among other things, they won't tolerate any wind turbine within sight of any road. That's communism, whether such abuse is facilitated through local, state or federal government. They have no moral or legitimate control over properties except for the properties that their banks have paid for. What their neighbors do on their own properties is not the business of any NIMBY.
Thanks for the answers. I have done solar on my own as well (no subsidies, no grid tie to "sell" power to the grid). I did not mean to defame you for having PV. You have used it where it is the best possible solution, and I believe it is also appropriate with grid tie in some situations (e.g. where one's excess power is immediately used by a neighbor for A/C as it would be in the desert SW).
My immediate concern is (and always has been), the net metering law here in Virginia and that does not apply to you whatsoever.