> Now, what if you could coordinate with a couple of neighbours and run a "merged" system that does some accounting to to cover imbalances? This is called elec

> Now, what if you could coordinate with a couple of neighbours and run a "merged" system that does some accounting to to cover imbalances? This is called electrical grid. What you are trying to ask is whether community-owned non-profit electrical utility operators that only minimally buy energy from the main grid will begin to appear in appreciable numbers.