More than one million Germans have installed affordable plug-in balcony solar panels, turning apartments into small-scale clean energy producers. Costing around $235, these easy-to-use systems are helping households cut electricity bills while accelerating Germany’s transition to renewable energy.
Are German utility companies state owned? In the US, any power you generate locally (ie: house-mounted solar panel) can only be sold back to the utility company. You cannot power your own home with your own solar power. Unless you electrician-level do it diy like Carl mentions below.
Hell will freeze over before US politicians advocate for the average citizen over the utility monopoly