The State of Georgia has a reputation of being ‘punitive’ to the concept of distributed energy generation resources owned by the ratepayers on their homes. Some of the early adopters in Georgia actually installed solar PV systems that use solar PV and battery storage in an (off grid) system that takes receptacles, lights, ceiling fans and put these in a secondary house circuit breaker panel that is separate and not comingled with the utility grid of the house. An automatic or manual transfer switch with a break before make switch could take the main C.B. and bridge the off grid system if and or when the solar PV and ESS system needs repair or maintenance. Taking a 2,500 square foot home and making the energy use look like a 500 square foot bungalo sends a strong message to the utility. Then one doesn’t need a “connection fee” to the utility, they just don’t need all the energy to their home supplied by the utility without penalty or usury per kWh supplied.