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Originally Posted by multiweb
 Not sure about that. But I heard of one person who installed a small turbine in a stream nearby and got caught generating his own juice. He got fined and was forced to sell all the electricity he generated to the the EDF then was re-billed with taxes and all. What a rot.  Of course it was all on paper, he didn't connect his tranformer to the grid but they did stuck a meter on his outfit and charged him for what he used.  |
If they did that to me, I'd cause such a stir they'd be looking for ways to emigrate to get away from me
I'd take that to court, for a start. That basically means that anyone in France that used a generator to power something, not even necessarily their house, could be charged and taxed on the electricity they made!!!!.
This is just the sort of nonsense that needs to be stomped on...governments have gotten away with too much for too long.