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LOL, yes. For me, that is a set point as well.

I am not in the LEAST interested in getting solar panels on my roof that feed power back into the grid.

If I ever get solar panels, they will be charging my OWN batteries.

And, as Tell It Right accurately points out, there is all the bureaucratic BS associated with the power companies. If they ball it up, when things happen, you will STILL be one of those 102,328 customers currently without power.

I am not at all against them doing it-if they stupidly go down the same road Texas did, they SHOULD have a way to store energy from their stupid “renewables” purchased with government subsidies, but of course...these are subject to the same stupidity.

For what it's worth, I don't sell power back to the grid. I'd have to pay a large monthly fee for the privilege of the power co. paying me about 1/4th or 1/3rd the rate per kWh I pay them when I need it. It'd be like being a Costco member if the monthly membership fee was $300 and you're feeding just a couple of people in your household.

What I did was customize a solar/inverter/battery system to handle most of my needs. If I had tried to get one to let me be off grid it would have cost a fortune. But mine produces about 3/4ths of the power I need (large house, but only my wife and I living there). It'll pay for itself in about 11 or 12 years, assuming the kWh rate rises with a 2% or 3% annual inflation. But if the Dims institute policies to make our electricity costs rise a lot faster, the savings from my solar system will pay for itself a lot sooner. Plus, I'll cuss a lot less than I normally would because the Dims would impact my energy costs only 1/4th as much. It's part of my retirement planning and me trying to reduce the variability of some of my expenses.