Motley Fool's Article on Res. Solar Prices Flatlining

[maximizese]

Here's an interesting article about the breakdown of input costs to residential solar. Apparently equipment costs have dropped dramatically, but sales/marketing and customer acquisitions have risen. I guess this makes sense that solar vendors are using referrals and freebies to close a deal and gets reabsorbed into the total charge. When I signed my solar contract in April 2017, I paid $3.23 per watt on a 4.8kWh system but they threw in a new sub panel and a 50ft run with new 60A EV charging receptacle. It seemed that my contractor was pretty set on the final price and didn't mind throwing in the extras.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/08/26/residential-solar-costs-begin-to-flatline.aspx

[azdave]

New, unfavorable grid-tie contracts are killing the sales more than anything else. No way I would go solar these days with the current rules in Arizona. The utilities do not want solar to grow and they hold the cards so anyone surprised?