[real saxophonist]

There are hundreds of houses in this area (northern Colorado, where there actually is a lot of sun) with solar panels on the roof. That's fine, I don't think it could hurt.

I remember solar panel companies saying one could generate enough power to have a surplus one could sell to the power company.

Haven't seen that in a while.

[Chickensoup]

People are catching on that power companies have been forced to purchase often unusable energy from small producers. and credit their power bill.

[enumerated]

The problem is that battery technology has not yet reached the point where it is cost effective for homeowners to collect significant amounts of solar energy, and store it efficiently on the premises.

Therefore, the only cost effective option for homeowners has been to sell surplus solar energy back to the power company, rather than store it at home in batteries.

Unfortunately, the viability of such an arrangement depends on how much the power company will pay homeowners for surplus solar energy, and whether that amount justifies the homeowner’s investment in the solar panels.

Now that the USA has become energy independent and a net energy exporter, the cost of generating energy at the power plant will continue to decrease, and along with it, the amount the power company can credit a homeowner’s account for surplus solar power must also decrease.