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Originally Posted by Coys1882
You could yes 
also - one month where you generate more than you consume and now you have a meter rollover which also flags validation. Or a Meter Reader who notices you have panels but no bi-directional meter etc...  |
Pretty much. FYI I decided against this for a variety of reasons, but I think it's pretty likely you'd get away with a small system.
At least in my case my meter is on the back of my house facing north, I'd put panels on the front facing south, so the 2 seconds the meter guy spends in my back alley isn't likely to correlate with panels on the front.
You definitely would have to size small enough that you never went negative, which would reduce the size of what you could do substantially, and I think doing it without a proper anti-islanding grid tie UL rated inverter with automatic shut-off would be very unethical due to the potential danger.
Anyway, I definitely don't recommend doing it without telling the utility, if you're going to do solar, pay the variable charges on the energy you need and sell the energy at what they give you. I still might get one properly installed (I have a big south facing roof at a 45 degree angle), but I'm waiting to see if the NDP comes out with some crazy incentives to pay for it for me.