Re: solar panels | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Bonnie Fergusson (fergyb2![]() |
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:01:19 -0700 (PDT) |
Swan's Market Cohousing in Oakland has solar Panels connected to the grid which cost us nothing up front. This is because the California Tax rebate on them (last year) was valuable enough that it made sense for an investment LLC to front the money to install the panels (they own them)and agree to sell us the electricity for 95% of what we had been paying for the next 20 years and then the panels become ours (we expect them to be good for 40 years). We get stable, lower electricity costs for 20 years, regardless of how the price fluctuates; and then we own the system and our electricity should be free for the next 20 years or however long the panels last. We do pay for maintenance, which is anticipated to be minimal (not much in the way of moving parts)and is worked into our budget. The investment consortium gets the value of the Tax rebate to offset their other business profits plus what we pay them for electricity and the planet gets a little relief from the fossil fuel climate changing pollutants. A win--win--win from our perspective. We didn't do a system big enough to also do the hot water partly because the California rebate was not high enough at that time to make it work the same way. We have heard rumors that that might change in the future in which case we may relook at that issue, and consider adding to our system. Bonnie Fergusson Swan's Market Cohousing Oakland, CA ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/
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