According to Wikipedia, living off the grid refers to living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. With rising costs for electricity and a growing consciousness about the environment, we have been seeing a growing demand for properties that are "off the grid" in Western Montana.
True "off the grid" properties do not rely on municipal water, sewer, natural gas, electrical power grid, or similar utility services.
According to an article in USA Today, "Now, in 29 states, homeowners on the grid can get state rebates or tax breaks that subsidize up to 50% or more of the cost of clean energy systems. They then sell the electricity they generate, but don't use themselves, to utilities, offsetting the cost of the power they draw from the grid as they spin their meters backward and drive their electric bills toward zero."
The same article states that, "Some 180,000 families live off-grid, a figure that has jumped 33% a year for a decade, says Richard Perez, publisher of Home Power magazine." And that number is increasing rapidly.
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