I've never had any interest in a grid tie system. Don't want any involvement with the public utility or the gov. Don't need their interference.

All of the workshops here are stand alone off grid systems. House has a stand alone system which is separate from the grid.

"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861