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To: Brumar89 who wrote (61962)

12/12/2014 11:20:46 AM

From: Wharf Rat

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"Is it worth it financially?"
Electricity is expensive.

Average Electrical Usage for Single-family Homes

The EPA compiled data for 79.7 million single-family homes in 2005 and found that the average energy use is 12,773 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year

Read more : ehow.com

I essentially use zero.

For a home on California’s central coast the baselines are as follows.

Assuming a gas/propane or wood heated home:
Winter, November through April – 9.1 kw/hr per day--- 270 KWH/mo
Summer, May through October – 7.5 kw/hr per day---225 KWH/mo

If I stay at or below my baseline allowance my standard rate is 12.223 cents per kw/hr.

Watch what happens to my rates if I go over my baseline.

Tier 1 – Up to 100% of Baseline – 12.223 cents per kw/hr
Tier 2 – 101% to 130% – 13.907 cents per kw/hr
Tier 3 – 131% to 200% – 29.276 cents per kw/hr
Tier 4 – 201% to 300% – 33.276 cents per kw/hr
Tier 5 – 300% + – 33.276 cents per kw/hr

If I'm average and use 1000KWH/month, I save a lot of money.

"According to you, your solar panels provide no environmental benefit whatsoever."

No; according to you trying to attribute something to me, they provide no benefit. According to the high school, which has the same size system, but 2 years younger,

Lifetime CO2 Offset16,345.56 lbs
Greenhouse gas reduction since installation is equivalent to The pollution an average passenger car emits over 2 years. solarguard.solarcity.com