Originally Posted by
Pirian
If I'm remembering correctly, energy producers are granted monopoly rights to sell energy to the public/industry, not produce it. In the granting of this monopoly right, it means that the company that has been granted monopoly rights MUST BUY any excess energy produced at the price that they are selling it. It's not that states allow you to sell electricity back to the grid, its that they are required to buy it from you based upon the monopoly rights to sell that have been granted, so I'm not sure why you're not able to sell back.