You know, this brings up an area in which I am both ignorant and leery.....backfeeding the PoCo lines.
Most places have "net metering", where the homeowner can generate their own power, and feed any excess back to the PoCo.
The "Alternative Energy" press quite freely asserts that the idea that this might endanger a lineman is simply a canard put out by the evil PoCo, that "their methods prevent this." How? I wonder?
A lovely as self-reliance and energy independence may be, this attitude, and the cavalier attitude of some in the alternative energy field (and the ignorance of the rest) toward the NEC causes me concern.
Add to this the fact that all of my few encounters with home generation have been to correct major goofs made by the installer, and I am not reassured!
