I live in the Pacific Northwest where it is cloudy for the majority of the year. In our last house we had panels installed. The amount of money we paid each mon

I live in the Pacific Northwest where it is cloudy for the majority of the year. In our last house we had panels installed. The amount of money we paid each month toward paying down the loan for the panels was less than what we had been paying each month for electricity prior to the panels being installed. About $50 less per month. Where we live, any excess energy is fed back into the grid and counted as a credit the rolls over year to year. We generated enough electricity to cover our needs, even during the cloudiest/rainiest months. We never had an electric bill more than the required $12 hookup to the grid fee.