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To: Spekulatius who wrote (48809)	9/9/2005 10:03:30 PM
From: Taikun	Respond to of 206323

<I live in Northern CA in a 1450sqft house and my energy bill averaged over the year is approx 80-85$/month. My house and heating system are 30 years old and not well insulated.> Try a 4000 sq ft house with central (not room) air paying $300-400/mo for electricity in the summer. The numbers I quoted came from installers but you can get the same numbers from the agencies that provide the solar subsidies to incentivize people. By the way, a corollary of the electricity problem, at least here in the Pacific NW, is the water issue. Hydro is in such short demand, we had punitive levies on water use. The community I live in doesn't allow us to have brown front lawns unless a water emergency is declared. The Aug bill just arrived and it is $300.96, about 4x last year. That is to water a 90x30 front lawn, aside from regular household water use. I Googled a bit. Here's 8% return (after tax) +7.5% tax credit gosolarnow.com; Return on investment displacing fossil fuels would be 7% to 14%. harbornet.com This 3.85 kilowatt (kW) solar PV system is calculated to achieve payback in approximately 7 – 10 years wilderhill.com