You can sacrifice convenient, always on, always maximum peak load power from your utility.  For that small individual inconvenience of adjusting your high power uses around power grid inputs, like solar, water, wind, and biogas, it can be done.

"Local solar and wind power can supply all the energy that's needed.  Keep in mind that electricity is not a necessity, but is a luxury that some humans have had for so long that they can't imagine living without it."

The values change issue.  Do you value the health of the planet over a very rare temporary inconvenience of going on low power battery backup for a few hours once every few months?

The values issue says let's sacrifice power grid baseload coal and nuclear eco-destruction for distributed renewable power, even if it needs backup once in awhile.  

People have abided a lot of hardship before, in world wars and disasters.  This is a small individual inconvenience in order to save the climate.

Ask your utility to look into a distributed smart grid model like Xcel is pursuing.  This system does the switching for you.