I tried this. As other commenters have pointed out the big challenge is regulatory. That said, my approach was to find businesses or individuals as near as pos

I tried this. As other commenters have pointed out the big challenge is regulatory. That said, my approach was to find businesses or individuals as near as possible to a given piece of land (a lot I own) and see if they would buy power directly from me. I also contacted the local utility provider (as other commenters suggest) to see if I could sell them power or lease them equipment or land. The idea was something like: find a large power consumer nearby - someone heating a hot tub, running a woodworking shop, data centre, whatever; undercut the local utility, see what the payback period would be on the capital equipment, then get a legal consult on how to paper it, then hire electricians to hook it all up. tldr I suggest validating the market first.