Solar panels installed today.

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  • mlong
    mlong Posts: 134
    edited June 2014
    The only bad thing with the Solar City deal is that if you use Pepco and produce more electricity that you use with you solar panels, Pepco will only pay you the price of their generation, not generation and distribution, so you could end up losing money on that transaction. Nevertheless, I'm going forward with my SolarCity installation because I'll save 25% over Pepco and help the environment.

    Strong Bad wrote: »
    I have Solar City coming on Monday to check things out and to see if a system would fit my needs. My bills are already VERY low, so it may be tough. I did my usage for the last year (April '13 - April '14)...I had an electricity usage of just under 5500 kWH for the year. I run a pretty efficient ship here.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited June 2014
    I'm with BG&E and any chance I get to keep more money out of their pockets, the better.
    No excuses!
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited June 2014
    Solar City is really growing out East. I think they just opened a second location in the DC area. Good to hear all the Solar talk!
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,162
    edited June 2014
    We have our site assessment scheduled for Friday. We should have done this sooner. This forum has helped. Thanks again
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,162
    edited June 2014
    We have all our bid in now and will decide on either a 10 kw system at 41k or a 6kw system at 31k installed. we will get the 30% federal rebate and no sales tax on either system. then we can net meter back if the panels and inverters are made in WA at.054 til
    2020 at a max of 5k per month. payback will be 5-6 yr on the outlay.. our solar is all south facing at 95-99% all months.

    We are crunching the numbers as this wont need to be financed.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited June 2014
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    We have all our bid in now and will decide on either a 10 kw system at 41k or a 6kw system at 31k installed.

    That seems a bit steep to me. Last August I had a 6.5kW system installed for 24k, before the 7k tax credit.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,162
    edited August 2014
    panels are installed and ready to pass inspection

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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,783
    edited August 2014
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    panels are installed and ready to pass inspection

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    Gorgeous view. I love Fox Island, haven't been out there in years...
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited August 2014
    @ BlueFOX, Please advise which SOLAR company did u invest in? I too in the BayAREA.

    @POLKs BOYS, which solar company is more reliable? I am thinking of getting on the bandwagon. Thank you.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2014
    I used a small company hungry for business and with good prices. They did a great job, and installed everything in one day.

    http://www.highlightsolar.com/
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  • Pastor Bill
    Pastor Bill Posts: 130
    edited August 2014
    I've often toyed with the idea of building my own solar panels...after all, the Internet says it's easy, right? That is, until I found out that each one of those little photo voltaic cells requires soldering two wires. Once the multiplication kicks in...that's a whole bunch of soldering. Where I live in Florida...even if you install sufficient panels to generate enough electricity to live completely off the grid...you're still required by law to be hooked up to a utility. Kind of perverse, isn't it? You're fed a big line about conserving and going "green," but you still have to pay the Man.
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