Posted on 06/09/2006 11:24:32 AM PDT by calcowgirl
It's not for the children.
It's for the public good. (Even worse)
Well, at some point, "less" cost effective becomes "not" cost effective, depending on what you are comparing to and what alternatives you have.
This ignores the obvious solution of having PG&E buy larger quantities of power back, but only at wholesale costs rather than retail (i.e., at a lower cost than they charge the same customer when the meter is going the other way). This would closer reflect the true economics, while still giving customers a chance to recoup their costs sooner. Sounds like a win-win to me. Oh, well, I wouldn't expect common sense to prevail.
"Buy the parts and do it yourself will greatly lower the cost.
Labor is a significant part of the cost and it ain't rocket science."
You don't really believe they would allow that do you, if it isn't installed by a "licenced installer" you don't get the permit and won't have it at an cost.
No licenced installer, no net meter, plus if they catch you, you tear it out.
Confused by the article.
Why can't I buy a solar energy system, hook it up and not pay PSE&G anymore? Why is complicated. If you want a system, buy one. If you don't, continue to pay for electric.
I thought that was called free market.
Dubious... To say the least!!!
Ping!
"sheeple will rise up and blame---The energy companies!"
WRONG!... Gary Davis
> Max rebate = payback in 8 years
> No rebate = payback in 13 years
What discount rate did you use in those calculations?
The ones in the article.
My apologies. I didn't see the "13 years" cited in this article. I was going off other estimates I've seen that say actual payback, without subsidies, can be much more than that (as much as 25 years--which exceeds the expected life of the solar unit altogether).
Sorry again--I meant to direct my last post to calljack.
There's your problem, right there.
Wait.....Something bad happened when the state interved with supply and demand.
Laissez Faire--Come on the french have only came up with one good idea.
Nah, they just took someone else's common sense idea and gave it a fru-fru name.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT.
(By the way, ever think of all that cadminum and lead they're putting in those lead-acid batteries they're storing in the garage? Then having to recycle/dump in the landfill when the batteries die after 3 years: at $80.00-100.00 per battery, and around 40 lbs of lead and acid and plastic, it adds up to a lot of material for "free" power part of the time.)
New York (at least in my region) won't buy electricity. You get back what you put in at cost. If you put in more than you use, too bad. So it's important to size your system proportionately to what you use in a year.
Who needs a subsidy when you can run your meter backwards? Let the market work, I say! ... :)
Bingo.
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