Independancy sounds very good!
Had a talk to our local energy provider about being independant and he had just tears in his eyes, because he still has to provide the emergency power for all the households even if they just by 10% of their energy demand.
A business model he will not be able to provide for a very long time...
So he said: "get off the grid or give me turnover..."
Maby this a bavarian problem - what are the comments on your side?