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To: gorush

I don’t actually know.

The company owns the panels and I pay them a fixed monthly fee. They guarantee that the panels will provide the power for the house and do all the maintenance.

Note: Electricity prices on Guam are three to four times more than than average in the US. So it is not a normal market and makes solar cheaper by comparison. If we used AC in the whole house (1800 square feet)the power bill would be easily $400 to $500 a month.

Plus the power here is unreliable thanks to a power plant burning down so we have rolling black outs across the island.

It is not unusual for power to be out a couple of days after a typhoon so having the panels is useful then as well

This is not a normal place


10 posted on 02/19/2016 4:20:32 PM PST by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardiner chatting with friends)
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To: Fai Mao

We looked at large arrays, 2x3x4 tracking panel systems. With the subsidies it almost made sense. But we saved 25000 by not biting. Solar makes sense in low-load, rural situations.


11 posted on 02/19/2016 4:27:17 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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