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Just an update on my solar installation. It's been 16 months since installation. On average, my electric bills are around a third to a quarter of what they once were (it varies with season and weather). The meters run backwards on most bright sunshiny days. Which means I am selling power back to the electric coop (we have a rural electric coop for service out here in the boondocks). Our coop has lower prices than the big utilities, and its service has far fewer outages. Typical of rural coops vs the big utility companies, actually.
The installation that can sell power back like that has to meet the technical requirements of the coop. That's why I cannot be stand-alone on my solar with a battery. They do not allow that kind of connection. Their sine wave is what my system detects in order to phase-in correctly. It does not operate without that signal.
GW
GW Johnson
McGregor, Texas
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Nice to hear you are being rewarded by savings in reduced cost to get power. Now to bank the savings for later so as to get that number to be such that it goes back into your pocket.
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GW,
Out of interest, what would you estimates the rate of return on your investment to be?
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