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I pay on average about 10.3 cents per kwh and have a newer home that's very efficient at holding cool air (and live in a state where we heat more than we cool).
by fred_is_fred 9y ago
I pay on average about 10.3 cents per kwh and have a newer home that's very efficient at holding cool air (and live in a state where we heat more than we cool). For those reaons it's a tough sell for me. If rates continue to rise and solar continues to fall, we'll have a cross over that works for me probably in a few years.
- matt_wulfeck 9y agoIt's not cost competitive for you at 10 cents. Why bother? I'd kill for that kind of price in electricity. Our total cost with solar is around 13c per kwh over 20 years.
- wilwade 9y agoI also have the same (10.7 cents over the past year). We have a community solar project in town, but it is ~13 cents over 20 years as well.
- fred_is_fred 9y agoThat's also what SolarCity told me...
- ianai 9y agoAny chance some of your energy comes from nuclear?
- fred_is_fred 9y agoCoal and wind. I live in Colorado.
- Spooky23 9y agoYou're in a good place. I live in a neighborhood with older homes similar climate. Lots of people are doing solar because it's cool, but ignoring windows and insulation. We ran the numbers on our house with an energy audit and found that the return on insulation, an attic fan and window replacement was literally like 2-3x solar. The other thing to look at is solar hot water. It's not sexy, but that has been high ROI since the 80s.