What? So if we lessen fossil fuel usage America goes bankrupt? I must not be following your post.
I want to say that my rebate for solar was about 800 bucks? I forget exactly. Just enough to cover the panel upgrade/installation that was required for the array in my case.
Even without it, I'd have done it though. I pay about 12 cents per KW/h from the power company, which generally gets raised 3% per year. I average in the 50's KW/h production per day on my array. What sucks is the power company only has to pay me 2 cents per KW/h I don't use. As long as you ultimately don't produce more than you use, it's all good. Spending extra money to become a net producer isn't worth it.