&gt; The solution here is to raise the fixed portion of the bill to cover the true cost of transmission, and then place a tax on those who go &quot;off grid&quot; to straight out subsidize the poor, so it&#x27;s more obvious that is what is happening (And presumably most people would still support).<p>Its going to be untenable to tax someone for no longer using the electric utility (I&#x27;m revolted by that idea personally, and am pretty far left bleeding liberal).<p>You could possibly further subsidize low income electric consumers to have their own system installed using the federal general fund (solar installations receive a 30% tax credit; it might be possible to increase that credit to 50%-75% depending on your adjusted gross income, and have it be a rebate immediately applied at the time of system install).