How do you hook your home up so that you can sell energy to PG&E?

Question

Where else can you sell it to? Can you sell it to other residence?

Answer 1

its called net metering

sign up with them,

basically if you produce more electricity than you us, the meter runs backward

thus giving you a credit on what you use

Answer 2

The way it was when my system was installed, a homeowner cannot sell power to PG&E. Under the net metering program excess power (at any time) can be loaded onto the grid, with full credit when it is withdrawn. At the end of the billing period if more power has been used than was generated, the consumer pays for the additional amount withdrawn. If more is generated than is used, it becomes a gift to PG&E. I think there is a clue there as to who proposed the rule.

I read the info on the California Energy Commission web site, and it seems to me to be the same today.

Answer 3

BMS is right, it's "net metering". You need a generation source, like solar panels (expensive) battery bank to store for use when you're not producing (expensive), automatic disconnects so you don't send power to utility lines if they are de-energized for maintenance...Talk to the utility; they have a program you'd have to sign a contract for. And you can only sell to them, not your neighbors.

Answer 4

The only drawback is that they buyit back at wholesale prices and not what you would pay for power from them.