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in my country when someone built solar powerplant and connected it to grid, state was obligued to buy every watt he produced for next ten years or so, for by state guaranted fixed price. Having PV plant was like having money machine. There were even cases when people were using giant halogens to feed the PV panels. Do you have gov subsidised industry in the U.S? Hydrogen production, green power plants? That would explain quite a bit.
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The USofA is sort of like an EU that works. Each state is a separable case, like countries in your Union. Originally a federated Union, it is currently devolving into mere democracy.
I don't have an overview — the 'buy at retail, sell at retail' scenario was popular but the utilities are not seeing the margin to allow them to maintain the grid, so the future of grid-tied solar is in question.