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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Its definitely state by state at least partially. I have a friend in California who is a huge Tesla fan and has a power wall. He has it set to turn on do he doesn't buy any power from the grid during the "peak" pricing time.
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Okay, but that's not being energy independent. That's a mechanism that lets you manage your electricity use more so than something that would allow you to be independent of the grid. Are they possibly on a Tesla lease for their solar panels? As a Tesla customer I can get the powerwall too, but I must still maintain the tie-in to the grid and pay for the monthly connection. Our system is sized for, and generates, 110% of the power our home needs, but we still have to pay for the grid tie-in. I cannot, and I doubt he could either, buy the powerwall, disconnect from the grid, and be self-sufficient. There are other solutions available that do the same, but you are still required to have that grid connection.