Our investor owned utility, PG&E, does the exact opposite. They try to convince you to use LESS of their product every year and to install enormously expensive solar on your house. Screw ‘em! Just produce enough electricity day and night to satisfy the demands of the residential, commercial and industrial customers — that’s all we ask.
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I'm not an advocate of Solar Energy or a "greenie" by any stretch of the imagination --- but have you looked at the cost of solar panels lately?
I have, the prices have crashed. I started looking at them 4 years ago, the same set of solar panels and the kit for them that I can buy today for $400 cost over $2,000 4-5 years ago.
Calculating the number of watts I need to run my house during the day (excluding air conditioning in the summer) I can run my entire house (excluding A/C) on two panels and kits, cost $800 and I can install them myself. Payback period is under 2 years.
That's not bad really. Gets me almost "off the grid" were it not for needing A/C in the summer here.