ericm979
Super Member
A couple of REALITIES. Solar is really a feel good thing. If the Feds did not REQUIRE that the solar power you dump back Into the grid was paid back to you at the rate you pay for it
The feds do not require that. It's up to the states. And while there may be one or two states that still do that, in the rest the utility pays much less for power you put back into their system. In CA it's on the order of a cent or two per KWH while they're charging 25-35 cents per KWH for power to you.
The goal for most people here is to either offset their use entirely or provide enough power to get their use down to the lowest threshold. Adding more panels than what it takes to zero out your use on an annual basis does not pay. But generating power for less than the 25 cents base rate does.