Petty little tin pot dictators! Collectivists on the loose!

Oh sure. Even if you live off of rain catchment the muni water companies are starting to bill you anyway (for removing that roof water from the watershed they think they own). Not kidding.

The special interests are not going to allow this kind of thing. No way, no how.

Ok, so, she goes "green" and the communists STILL aren't happy? Wow, I'm shocked (got sarcasm?)

Oh, that's right, self-reliance & using your brain aren't allowed in the communist societies. I can't wait for the court-ordered psyche-quacks to come a knockin' on her door to "diagnose" her...for her own safety of course.

Code enforcement - the preferred tool of the local Talibans everywhere.

Fortunately this is only true in Cape Coral. Across the state in Melbourne, one of my neighbors has disconnected from the grid, and my former company helped quite a few people disconnect.