Are you ready to solar your home? Do you want to reduce your electrical bills? Do you have an all-electric house? Is it energy efficient? Solar will contribute by reducing your bill. But a lot of people are under the impression that any solar installation will eliminate the electric bill completely. Homeowners get fed up with their electric company. I understand the frustration but solar usually contributes and may not eliminate your electric bill completely.
For example, I man called me concerning a solar powered system. He has a solar system of 4000 watts and his bill is not going down as he expected. The company that installed the system should have advised him that 4000 watts may reduce his bill but other factors must play into that equation such as your usage. There are government websites that describe how much you are going to get as a reduction on your bill. Some tell how much you are going to make a day. It’s not particularly accurate but it’s close.
On my solar system, I have 5800 watts. It’s only supposed to save me $750.00 a year. According to those estimating sites, that’s close. If I would save $100 a month, that’s $1200 a year. That’s OK but it could be better. I’m not sure it is exact. My goal is to generate more. But whatever you contribute towards a system is not a bad thing. It’s just not going to take 100% of your bill. People get angry when I tell them this. They say they heard from another person that they were going to get a big reduction in bill. That’s not always true. They were misled by a salesman. If you are using 2 million watts a month and paying over $350 (or more) a month on a bill, then maybe one third to one half of that will be reduced, depending upon the array.
Read your electric bill!! The utility company will state your ‘usage’ over a number of days on there. They put ‘fuel adjustment costs’ on there. They put the ‘rebuild the infrastructure after a storm/hurricane’ on there. You may not realize that but you will probably still be charged for infrastructure repairs. Just like your cell phone gets charged for things like ‘regulatory cost recovery charge’ or a ‘universal service charge’ as well as taxes and usage. I’m sure there is a minimum for use. The government does not want these companies to fail. It’s law that the power companies have to make a profit. Isn’t it better to put money in your pocket instead of their pockets? Even if it’s a little: a little is better than none. No matter what I gain, I want to keep my money and not support the utility companies.
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