[Rick Lee]

I really wasn't all for this, but it seemed to offer a slight savings at the time. And the value proposition then was that whatever we had to buy from the grid, those rates would be locked in for 20 yrs, while the utility co. always raises rates every few years. Of course, they're now saying solar customers aren't paying their fair share to maintain the grid. So, since they can't raise our rates, they now need to impose "grid maint" fees. Gee, never saw that coming, eh?

And at the time, I was reviewing some warranty docs that came with the house and one said the roof was guaranteed for 50 yrs. So I figured we were totally covered for longer than I'd likely be alive, let alone in this house. But the roofer who came out yesterday to give an estimate said those warranties, at best, may just drop off a pile of new materials on the driveway and it'd be on me to get it installed.

What a fool I used to be - words that get truer every day.