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You rang? Indeed I do.    

27 panels of 250W Canadian Solar panels. 6.75 kW total. This is all on the south facing side of my house. It covers about 85% of my annual bill. Was about $2100/year pre-solar. Now about $350/year post-solar.


I've had the system since October 2013. It has Enphase Microinverters with grid-tie. We did not get battery back up, because it would've added around $10,000 to the total cost. When there are some Tesla powerwalls and some other competitors out in the wild, I'll consider adding battery backup.


Total cost before tax incentives was $24,000. After 30% federal tax credit and $2K state tax credit, it came in around $14K.


My ROI is as follows: If my consumption doesn't change AND Rocky Mountain Power rates don't change (fat chance of that), my payback is about 8.25 years.


If my consumption is unchanged AND rates increase at 2%/year, payback is about 7.5 years.
 

I have an east facing roof (back side of house) with some south facing exposure. I think I can get another 5-7 panels up there. This would get me to 100% of my power needs. My wife has decreed that there will be no solar panels on the front, west-facing side of the house.


If you're serious, get several bids. Some of the vendors you see advertising on the billboards and on TV are not necessarily the least expensive. One of my partners at clinic just got his house done (9.3kW). He had two bids at $36K and $40K before tax credits. I referred him to the company that did my system (and the solar systems on our clinics in West Jordan and Riverton). He ended up getting the system for around $27K, pre-tax. That's almost the same as mine, for another 2.5kW. Just shows how much the price has dropped.


Drop me a PM or post here if you want more info. I'm in Draper if you ever wanted to take a look.


Every time I get my power bill, I like to think that Rocky Mountain Power dies a little death.
   

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That's not a bad deal at all. Mine was $38k before incentive, but that also included 18 windows installed and a HE pool filter pump, so I am unsure what percentage of that was solar in particular.



I'm surprised that Utah is getting enough sun to make it worthwhile. My dad had his roofline inspected in Spanish Fork (unaware of his azimuth or otherwise) and the guy was saying it was about 21 years for break-even.



It makes sense in Vegas, hopefully it starts to make sense elsewhere too.

Quoted:
You rang? Indeed I do.    

27 panels of 250W Canadian Solar panels. 6.75 kW total. This is all on the south facing side of my house. It covers about 85% of my annual bill. Was about $2100/year pre-solar. Now about $350/year post-solar.


I've had the system since October 2013. It has Enphase Microinverters with grid-tie. We did not get battery back up, because it would've added around $10,000 to the total cost. When there are some Tesla powerwalls and some other competitors out in the wild, I'll consider adding battery backup.


Total cost before tax incentives was $24,000. After 30% federal tax credit and $2K state tax credit, it came in around $14K.


My ROI is as follows: If my consumption doesn't change AND Rocky Mountain Power rates don't change (fat chance of that), my payback is about 8.25 years.


If my consumption is unchanged AND rates increase at 2%/year, payback is about 7.5 years.
 

I have an east facing roof (back side of house) with some south facing exposure. I think I can get another 5-7 panels up there. This would get me to 100% of my power needs. My wife has decreed that there will be no solar panels on the front, west-facing side of the house.


If you're serious, get several bids. Some of the vendors you see advertising on the billboards and on TV are not necessarily the least expensive. One of my partners at clinic just got his house done (9.3kW). He had two bids at $36K and $40K before tax credits. I referred him to the company that did my system (and the solar systems on our clinics in West Jordan and Riverton). He ended up getting the system for around $27K, pre-tax. That's almost the same as mine, for another 2.5kW. Just shows how much the price has dropped.


Drop me a PM or post here if you want more info. I'm in Draper if you ever wanted to take a look.


Every time I get my power bill, I like to think that Rocky Mountain Power dies a little death.