No, just avoided cost. Unless your utility drops the rates significantly, the savings are locked in. As far as moving goes, studies show that solar systems in

No, just avoided cost. Unless your utility drops the rates significantly, the savings are locked in. As far as moving goes, studies show that solar systems increase the value of a house by approximately the cost of the system. Of course, if solar system prices fall as expected, this premium would likely drop also. And the economics are the same for a system where the cost is rolled into a loan during a home loan refinance, an option available to many people now.