[neilzero]

I agree with conradpdx 10-09-2008. All systems capable of putting 10kw on the grid or less, should be exempt from rules as long as their wave form is reasonably sinusoidal and reasonably in phase. The power company should give them a credit for the full retail price of the electricity put on the grid in excess of their usage. This will happen rarely (mostly in June in the Northern Hemisphere) for solar, so it is not a big penalty to the non-generating customers who will pay about one dollar more to cover the reduced revenue of the average utility. Each utility should also offer free classroom instruction/club to entrepreneurs and other interested persons about co-generating. A million customers doing cogeneration at an average of 5 kw = 5 gigawatts, so it does not solve our energy problem, but it does produce a large pool of knowledgeable people who are learning hands on. Some great breakthroughs may occur. I suggested a 10 kw upper limit as more could possibly damage the power companies transformer which supplies that house and typically 3 other houses. Clearly 4 houses each putting 10 kw each on the grid is some threat to the transformer, but that will be extremely rare. The new Neil