Why your next home might be battery-powered

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3. This might be the best pushback on the attacks on net metering

If the utilities don't want to do net metering or charge big monthly connection fees then screw em and go off the grid.

There are many new what is called "hybrid" inverters which can both charge/use batteries, and be a grid tied inverter at the same time. With economically competitive battery systems, this give individual customers the best of both worlds.

Independent backup and local uses of the solar, but any excess goes back to the grid, or the grid is available during the winter or longer periods of no sun. Best of both worlds.

One of these new inverters: http://solar.schneider-electric.com/product/conext-sw-na/