But only because I don't expect it to provide 100% of my power in all climates (i.e. when it rains for days in a row) and all power consumption needs (i.e. when we do spring cleaning and run the dryer a lot to wash bedclothes in guest bedrooms that haven't been used in months, while driving a lot during the day and having to charge the EV). Thus, I have the understanding that even I need a dependable grid for those hard to reach times that it'd be infeasible to set up an off-grid system for us.
The grid doesn't have a backup grid for the times solar doesn't do. The grid has to be dependable all the time, rain or shine. That's why I don't like making the grid depend on solar and wind.
Maintenance costs don’t go down when the solar+windmills pull the rug out from under the grid. If it’s a public utility shouldn’t the competition be controlled like the phone companies did? Cell towers cut down the need for land lines but they, like computers sank and swam on their own. We’re much better off. Cut off the subsidies.
AND, you are very careful with your consumption and watch it closely. Something almost everyone else does not and will not do.
Every person I personally know that have solar setups all are very conscious of what they use. It works in those situations.