Hello All, thanks for the add to this forum! Didn't even know such a place existed until I googled. Thankful for the collection of knowledge and enthusiasm here!
I just wanted to get anyone's thoughts on my situation right now as I assume you guys have more experience than I do. Im in california / san francisco and have gotten quotes from Solarcity, Luminalt and Repower so far with Sunrun incoming. Yet I feel that I cant fully trust companies to tell me the whole truth, hence why im here. Im a pretty low electricity user:
Ive asked neighbors and friends if this is a good gamble/worth it and none have come across as stating it would be negative. The only reason I am even considering solar is because I am redoing my roof and might as well consider all options to maximize returns/investments
There are a couple of my own concerns:
Any comments appreciated? Should I pull the trigger on solar? Thank you in advance!
I just wanted to get anyone's thoughts on my situation right now as I assume you guys have more experience than I do. Im in california / san francisco and have gotten quotes from Solarcity, Luminalt and Repower so far with Sunrun incoming. Yet I feel that I cant fully trust companies to tell me the whole truth, hence why im here. Im a pretty low electricity user:
- With PG&E, my average monthly electric bill $40
- All solar quotes ive gotten seem to hang around $7k for about 1.8KW after rebates/incentives (some quoted sunpower, some LG panels)
- All solar quotes point to around a 10 year ROI which im fine with
- Seems like my only ongoing cost would be PG&Es $10/month fee to use the grid to sell back power/buy power at night
- I plan to own if I buy panels
- The weather here is iffy. Mostly cloudy. But online estimates and as well as these companies that quoted me seem to factor that into their data.
Ive asked neighbors and friends if this is a good gamble/worth it and none have come across as stating it would be negative. The only reason I am even considering solar is because I am redoing my roof and might as well consider all options to maximize returns/investments
There are a couple of my own concerns:
- what if laws change and this becomes a wash in the future? I guess I cant control this factor.
- what happens after these panels die? whats that cost of removal or do i just leave them up there?
- when panels die, do I just switch back to the grid for my usage?
- are there any factors that i havent scenario-ized in my head that would kill my ROI?
- is my power bill low enough already to give me little headroom to save if there is a law change?
Any comments appreciated? Should I pull the trigger on solar? Thank you in advance!
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