And, even if you overproduce for the year, you are still required to pay a monthly service fee just to be connected to SCE's grid.
That sounds reasonable. If you are connected, you should pay a fee.
Our local situation has changed a lot for the better the last couple years between the times I checked it out. You get paid for excess production, and there was recently an incentive put in place to install. Not sure on the amount but maybe $1/watt? Really has me thinking about it, but it's so new here and I am so far out in the woods that there is nobody local doing this yet to seriously talk to.
Ideally, we would get a new solar system, installed on top of my new garage - but that second part I can't seem to get past my other half...