Got my annual net metering adjustment

[kwired]

Do you know what your electric bills would have been all your use would have been supplied by POCO and how long payback of owning and installing the system would be?

 

[electrofelon]

Do you know what your electric bills would have been all your use would have been supplied by POCO and how long payback of owning and installing the system would be?

In one year I made 19,000 kwh, and had a surplus of about 3500 kwh, so 15,500 usage, at say 12.5 cents = about 2 grand of electricity. Materials cost about 12k. I did it all myself and basically figure my labor as "free". The building it's on and getting power to it I probably would have done anyway, so in my case the "system cost" could be called just that 12k PV materials.

 

[LarryFine]

how many miles of wires, poles, and equipment do you own?
there’s a lot of overhead in a POCO.

Pun intended?

 

[kwired]

In one year I made 19,000 kwh, and had a surplus of about 3500 kwh, so 15,500 usage, at say 12.5 cents = about 2 grand of electricity. Materials cost about 12k. I did it all myself and basically figure my labor as "free". The building it's on and getting power to it I probably would have done anyway, so in my case the "system cost" could be called just that 12k PV materials.

So could have you installed it for say 2 grand in labor? That needs to factor in for a client when they want to know how soon the payback would happen.

 

[electrofelon]

So could have you installed it for say 2 grand in labor? That needs to factor in for a client when they want to know how soon the payback would happen.

Real rough numbers, and I am not up on market prices, but for a ground Mount system I would think figure around 2.50-3.50 per watt. I hear roof mount is generally cheaper.

 

[sameguy]

Did you send them the part about, tax, blabla, blabla, that they send you?
Send the power to your neighbors yard then add an interneighbor surcharge when you bring it back to your yard.