Home solar panels are possible to acquire. Installing them would let you go “off grid”. In this regard, dealing with electric company is not a problem. Being energy independent is a good idea. You may not worry of paying your electric bills monthly and at the same time; you may not even worry of any hassles that may arise with your electric company provider. Well, this depends on where you dwell and the money you are willing to pay for your own energy system.
Do you live in a place where you are exposed to sunlight the whole year? If you do, installing your own home solar panel system is easy. You have enough sunlight at the same time you can use your own batteries to store electricity during night time and cloudy days.
Although, there are times you need to spend money also for you to maintain electricity at home, this is not as expensive as having your own bills monthly coming from your electric company. You’ll need enough DC which means direct current batteries to provide you stored electricity for one to three days of cloudy weather. However, replacing them periodically is a must.
It is better to have a backup generator if there are instances of having a long period of cloudy days. The generator needs fuel. This can either be gas or diesel, but most probably to defeat the purpose of solar panel system, use bio diesel. Storing fuel is also needed. It is possible to get “off grid”, but not simple and cheap.
Net metering is use to cut down your expenses in your electric usage. You can check your electric company if they offer this. However, power is available during night and cloudy days. When there is enough sunlight, you can use your solar panel. On the other hand, when the day is over and you are not exposed to sun, you can use the electricity from your electric company. Having this system is not completely “off grid”. Storing DC batteries is not anymore needed, but you will definitely save money when paying your electricity consumption.
Living “off grid” can be a reality if you live in an extended area of land and acquire a big land to live. On the contrary, living in a village or subdivision, the only available system is net metering.