Flip side - I also get my power from a rural coop in the midwest, and the service is terrible. The price is high. We lose power at least once a week, but that's

Flip side - I also get my power from a rural coop in the midwest, and the service is terrible. The price is high. We lose power at least once a week, but that's better than in the past when it was every other day. They have hard limits on what power generation we can do (size of solar panels and no battery backups) and even wade into the situation if you try to install a backup generator - which I understand they want a cut-off to keep from juicing the lines and killing someone, but they want to regulate how large and what kind of generator you can use on your own house. I know this seems contrary, but I believe people need to understand that a coop isn't a magic bullet. It's a tool, one of many, that if used properly can be great. But if it's not, it's a real pain in the ass.