Question: Why do they have to pay to put energy into the grid? If there's too much energy being generated, is there not a way to release that energy? Who gets p

Question: Why do they have to pay to put energy into the grid? If there's too much energy being generated, is there not a way to release that energy? Who gets paid, the consumer, or the local utilities? This sounds more like good energy conservation, than what will actually happen when Germany's nuclear plants go offline.