A homeowner took to Reddit to sing the praises of their new solar panel system after a month of owning it.
Posting in the r/solar subreddit, they shared that they'd installed a 4.4-kilowatt solar system on their home in California along with a new, energy-efficient heat pump to go with it. They absolutely loved it.
They explained that the system had more than enough power to keep their heat running, even during winter, and that they used the excess energy to charge their Tesla, rather than selling it back to their municipal power company, as they'd have to buy it back later.
They added that their power usage was fully offset by the panels, meaning they paid next to nothing for their electricity and ran an incredibly efficient home in terms of energy usage. The system cost around $10,000 after a tax credit.
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Commenters were shocked by how little energy the poster used.
"Without batteries even my system would be under 25K and it's about 20kw but wow 100% offset. You must sip power," one said.
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$200 or more 💰 Another questioned the ability to save money without a battery.
"NEM3 without a battery is tough," they said. "If you are on NEM3 it is California, where in California limits PV installations to 100% of the previous 12 months? I hadn't heard of that before in California."
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"I mean, partly true, but my utility pays me .07 and retail rate is 0.15, so not end of the world," the poster responded, "The 100% rule is specific to my utility."
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