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  • Motley Fool's Article on Res. Solar Prices Flatlining

    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/...-flatline.aspx

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    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?
    Dave W. Gilbert AZ
    6.63kW grid-tie owner

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