Not really. If i invested in my more in th initial setup . I am completely off grid. I have generator wired in so when I get low in power I fire it up. The problem is summer time is free. Winter time with short days I have to run propane generator quite a bit. If you figure it out costs about the same. But I’m 2 miles from neighbors and have 100 acres borders by state land. It was where I wanted to be