• tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    are there laws in the u.s. against an area crowdsourcing funds for creating a grid of solar panels / wind turbines / etc and providing the service that a nationalised electricity supplier should’ve already been providing? asking for a friend 🤔

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      If there aren’t, I’m sure they’re going to pass them, as soon as people start doing this in any number.

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      If you want to be on the grid, absolutely. If you can be fully independent… still probably.

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      i mean a few towns over they made it a law to put solar on every primary residence unless there was a financial exemption. they literally made a solar grid. they still get charged by the damn utility. line maintenance, etc. still has expenses. don’t ask me, i am not running the books.