• Odelay42@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The best time to invest in solar was last year. The second best time is now.

    Even in Seattle weather, I cover 10 months a year of my electric bill with an 8kw array.

    When it’s hot, it’s sunny, and I love knowing I can run my AC cold and still send back a ton of electricity to the grid for future bill credits.

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      1 year ago

      I put a 9kw array on my house in 2017. When I factor in the federal and state incentives it ended up costing $12k. I will easily save that over the life of the panels. My only concern is the inverter needing replacement before the 20 year mark.

      Absolutely worth it over the long run.

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Wish it was doable for me. I kind of laughed at the door to door salesmen for suggesting my roof would be good for it. I have a South facing roof but there is also a 60 year fir tree next door that shades damn near all of the roof. I humored them and had one of their guys schedule an appointment for a quote. It was cheaper than I figured (only about $10k) but it would only cover about 20% of my energy usage and would take about 17 years to pay back with the assumption that SCL will be raising rates by 4% each year. I honestly do not even recall the last price hike. Yeah, it sucks that there will be a 10% jump in cost but considering how rare those hikes are compared to PSE, I’ll take it.