Are you in California? Do you want to help promote home solar?

[cojoel]

3. pardon my ignorance, but...

In order for a grid-tied solar PV to make sense net metering is essential. The thing is only producing power for part of the day, and usually more than you need at that particularly time. With net metering it balances out. I thought the issue had to do with a net production that exceeded individual demand, implying something owed from the utility to the customer

I don't live in California, but for some reason I thought it was net metering there also, but the utilities did not have to pay for any production in excess of that customers demand (in other words they can steal it). In Colorado grid-tied solar PV is all net=metering and the utility must buy any excess power back annually (though you can sign away that right in exchange for having the excess credit carry over to future years).