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Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat by jedberg on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @02:17PM (#16476863)
> People can and will disconnect from the grid to disprove that lie.

More and more municipalities are making this illegal. To protect their utilities, they require that you tie to the grid and sell all electricity you generate to the grid and then buy it back for more.

Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat by Caveman_Coder on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:02PM (#16477277)
Can confirm...when I was living in AZ the main argument against net metering is that the Utility company would suffer...nevermind the fact that solar users would benefit, the state legislators and ACC (Arizona Corporation Commission) always sides with the utility company.