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What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placencia, Belize
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Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2021
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Honestly JR it aint great. Once upon a time I lived in San Diego and a colleague of mine had a dad that had a house in mission valley. His dad reoutfitted the whole roof with solar panels which was a large undertaking.
His dad died unfortunately before he was able to see any kind of return on that capital investment. I've ever since then thought solar paneling is a scam. |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: KC
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Did you buy solar battery's also? How much did that cost? |
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Chiefsallday
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Downtown KC
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It cost me just under $20k and there are 19 panels on the back side of my house. But keep in mind within 7 days of installation I received a rebate check from Evergy over 2 grand and the tax credit I received was extremely impressive too. Between the rebate and tax credit more than 1/3 of the cost is covered.
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: KC
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Banded
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Oz
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I am having solar panels put on next week. They are enough to replace my existing electricity usage. There will be 27 panels and they are guaranteed to produce 92% of original efficiency after 25 years. These will easily pay for themselves, especially since electricity rates always go up.
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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The ROI on solar depends on a lot of factors obviously.
In parts of CA, there has been a lot of solar installed so at noon there is frequently a surplus of electricity but at 5pm there isn't. This is one reason why they want to go to tiered pricing and it is going to make it harder to get the solar panels to pay for themselves. Since you have electricity when it is cheap to buy and you don't have electricity when it us expensive to buy. Yes you can do batteries, but they are expensive. Where there is already a lot of solar, the utility isn't going to want to store a home owner's excess power at noon and give it back at 5 for free, but obviously they could be required to do so by regulation. But solar with batteries might be the way to go. And then people think that means they will have power when the power goes out. But that is not true by default. You usually have to pay for additional electrical work to be able to take your house off the grid to do that and that can cost thousands of dollars more. |
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Politically Incorrect
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I'm gonna buy 100 hamsters, breed them to 10,000. Then have hamster wheels for all of them and hook all the hamster wheels up to make electricity.
Problem solved. |
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Starter
Join Date: Dec 2020
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This represents the power market and the source of fuel.
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Based in Little Rock, Ark., SPP manages transmission in portions of fourteen states: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=KS#tabs-4 Last edited by CatinKS; 06-30-2022 at 07:25 AM.. Reason: Link |
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Bono & Grbac wasn't enough
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sioux City, IA
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Just wait until we all have to charge up cars
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Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Springfield, MO
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I have a friend who is an electrical engineer who designs substations. He has told me that if 50% of people on any given street plugged in their cars at the same time it would overload the system in their neighborhood.
Additionally building out the grid to support the coming electical demand will not happen as quickly as some are thinking. He is currently designing substations whose equipment won't be delivered for 24-30 months. |
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Chiefsallday
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Downtown KC
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Oh and I don’t have a battery. No need. You can store your extra energy on the grid. You only need a battery if you think you will experience a lot of outtages or if you have life preserving devices in your home that depend on electricity.
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Rookie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Alaska
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This had me curious, I’m surprised to see we are higher than most.
100% hydroelectric up here Last month was .09/kwh and the house uses about 10kwh per day so $40/mo including the $10 in thanks for being a customer fees. |
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Fish are scared of me
Join Date: Nov 2001
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My DTV bill is $240 /month
My electric bill is $120 / month |
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