A solar panel system could be configured to power the home during a power failure. The issue is can the panels power the whole home during an outage. The answer is no. You might be able to charge your cell phones but that is about it.
“The issue is can the panels power the whole home during an outage. The answer is no. You might be able to charge your cell phones but that is about it.”
Wrong.
You need about 1 sq foot of solar panel to power a cell phone.
Cover your roof (assuming it faces a suitable direction), and you can run the whole home AND charge your EV. Not cheap, but doable if off-grid independence matters.
I think that is a big part of the reason it is being done the way that it is.
If people are not allowed to directly power their own home, they have no idea what it would really take to do it. So they can remain clueless and think they are really doing something by having solar.
I would bet if you asked most of them how much solar they think they produce they would likely tell you enough to power their home and a little extra. I have had some people try to tell me that.
Keeping people in the dark...more ways than one.