[wing-_-nuts]

When you consider your other option is a whole house generator which sits idle 99.99% of the time, requires regular maintenance, vs the fact that a solar / battery setup is providing resiliency AND lowering your power bill every month, it seems like solar / bat is a no brainer.

Your money, your choices, but I know which one I'm doing when I get a single family home.

[engineer_22]

False dilemma. There are other options.

[wing-_-nuts]

Such as? I've looked into the options, you can either get a whole house generator, which suffers from all the issues I described, or get a solar setup. I suppose if you lived by a stream you might be able to hook up a microturbine for hydro but that's very situational.

Cost is not the highest deciding factor for me. The resiliency renewables grant you would be worth it even at a premium