Yes, I too get credit for over production with true 1:1 net metering (inside the month, and 1:1 for generation portion beyond the month) for juice I send back to the grid beyond just having a $0 bill/month. I also have a second deductive meter where I don’t pay distribution fees for EV charging in the overnight hours. So in effect, I get paid by the electric company for EV charging between midnight and 4AM. I also generate enough electricity to have a large offset my winter heating bill by permanently turning off the natural gas service and and replacing the gas fired furnace with a heat pump. I also removed my standard electric water heater and put in a hybrid heat pump water heater for even more savings.

I didn’t include any of that info in my first post because none of that was important to my point about solar panels being worth it to me and that I believe those that can’t afford to do what I did should be able to get some of the same benefit I do. In fact, they need it more than I do, and I couldn’t figure out a way to give it to them and that sucks.