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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them (www.npr.org)
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[+] -23 points 8 months ago (24 children)

Again I ask, if there is no permit, how will the utilities know you are in compliance with this law?

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (23 children)

    You are required to notify your utilities that you'll be operating a direct plugged small solar PV installation, that's it. They can't forbid you from doing this.

    The utilities don't monitor compliance, the manufacturer is.

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  • [+] -24 points 8 months ago (22 children)

    So it sounds like you're saying there is no way? And therein lies the problem.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (19 children)

    The certification on the product shows that it's safe to use in grid-tie. What the fuck are you on about? Are you just being intentionally an obtuse pain in the ass?

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, really weird. It seems like they had some kind of agenda or point to make, but they're going about it a very strange way.

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  • [+] -16 points 8 months ago (15 children)

    Are you a fucking moron? What's to stop anyone from installing an uncertified product?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    What’s to stop anyone from installing a panel without a licensed reviewer taking a look?

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    ...it's illegal?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    How can cars exist when anyone could do an illegal thing to modify them?!?

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Illegal things are illegal. Good job. This is not. That's the point.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    And things that are regulated are regulated.

    That's the point.

    What is the point? I mean, truly, what is it that you're trying to convey in this thread?

    Do us all a favor and use a few sentences to explain that your point actually is here because clearly you're trying to make a point but you're going about it in a very strange way.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    And things that are regulated are regulated.

    Regulated = legal. This is neither.

    I've already explained my point in great detail, several times. The utility is in the right to be concerned about worker safety when people are legally allowed to connect unpermitted potentially unsafe equipment to the grid.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    What do you think "certifications" are?

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  • [–] -3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    What does that have to do with this conversation? We've already established that no one is ensuring the connected equipment has any sort of certification.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Where did anyone establish that?

    Maybe you should reread the thread then because others have explained to you that they're certified.

    Are you just trying to get your comment count or something? Such a bizarre way to try to make a point. Not to mention, you're being a major asshole to people for no reason.

    I regret even engaging in the first place.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago

    the thread then because others have explained to you that they're certified.

    Maybe you should reread the comment you just replied to where I explained that no one is verifying that the installed equipment is certified.

    Are you just trying to get your comment count or something

    ...why would anyone do that? I'm just trying to have a rational conversation.

    Not to mention, you're being a major asshole to people for no reason.

    It's not for no reason, it's because people are being assholes to me first, seemingly out of frustration for not being able to grasp simple concepts.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    The world is built around the idea that people follow the rules. If you plug in an uncertified device, you are breaking the law. It's as simple as that.

    You realize you could fucking plug ANYTHING into electrical systems now? How many people make Widowmaker cords for generators and back feed the fucking grid during outages? This is not some new problem.

    If you're found fucking around, you find out with a big ass fine/jail. That's how it works.

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  • [–] -5 points 8 months ago

     If you plug in an uncertified device, you are breaking the law. It's as simple as that.

    Except it's not that simple, because it's not illegal.

    You realize you could fucking plug ANYTHING into electrical systems now?

    You realize that's illegal?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    By now over 1.2 million people in Germany have registered (and even more have not registered) their legal small scale solar system and are producing their own electricity (mine covers 2/3rds of my total demand).

    If you think that's a problem, be my guest.

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