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To: JeffA who wrote (98441)	5/18/2007 1:29:50 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Uh, I think both of you kind of missed the point (EDIT: I see your subsequent message made that point). $1/watt must refer to the capital investment, not the usage. So, for a system capable of producing 1000 watts (1 KW), it would cost $1000 dollars. That would be an extremely good price, since systems today range about $9000/kw ($9/w) around our place. If they're referring just to the cells and not the rest of the infrastructure (inverters/batteries, etc), still $1/watt is better than the $3-$5/watt of today's cells. This pricing could be key, because getting people into solar seems to involve an ROI of 2-5 years instead of the 7-15 years of current systems. Of course, here in SV, we pay a tiered rate that tops out at 39 cents/kwh - yes, you read that right, right along with our $3.60/gal gas - so our ROI is generally shorter.