I live in Allen, Texas and only have "Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative" as my power provider, no other options. I've spoken with 2 installers so far and only one has mentioned that for this co-op all the power "credits" expire at the end of the month and don't rollover. Has anyone installed solar and is also with GCEC? I would be very interested in hearing your experience. Thanks!
Hi Joshua. In this case, we would typically install a partial offset system targeting 50-60% of your electricity usage. That approach minimizes the amount of excess credits that could be lost. Are you look at solar for financial savings or emergency backup power?
I just moved to Allen as well, I thought this are was deregulated and we could pick who our utility company was. Hoping this is true now, as the comment is older... Will update when I find out
You should definitely get a consultation from alternative solar.. they have monoccrysaline panels 10x stringer then the roof very affordable no obligations or anything
The solar panels are designed for all-weather conditions including extreme cold. Those temps are rare for Texas, buy you see it all the time in northern solar states like NY and MA.
If you don't have batteries, yes. If they cut your power and you don't have batteries, the panels will typically turn off to prevent backfeeding the grid, and at night the panels aren't producing anyway.
Not if you have batteries. They key for energy security is to have solar + battery storage so that you have secure power day and night regardless of what the power company does.
From what I"ve been told. They can't stop you from putting panels even if a ground system. My particular question was having the roof panels plus extra panels on the ground. The sales guy told me they can do that but have to justify it. I think it's based on need. The HOA could definitely spec certain things like must be in line with roof slope, must not extend above roof, must not extend outside of roof area. I imaging there's a lot of gray area. An installer could justify to the HOA the homeowner is about to buy two or three electric cars and an arc-welding machine. Would the HOA state that they'll approve the size of the install as soon as he purchases those items?!? If you ever had a chance at pushing limits with HOA's, I would think now is the time in this wacky political force-people-to-go-green environment.
So, I didn’t get any rebates whatsoever. I am paying monthly amount for the panels. I am not on any leasing. Do I claim the full amount of what it’s going to end up costing me? Or how does that work? Because the company is saying I own the panels. Because I have financed it.
@@SolarSurge I need a quote on an enphase battery installation. I have 28 300 watt panels with 28 enphase microinverters. i would need at leat 13 kwh battery capacity.
@@tyronedavis5897 Hi Tyrone and thanks for writing in. Please visit solarsurge.net and book a call with me sometime nest week. I'll be happy to get you setup. Thanks.
South Carolina is a great solar state. You get all of the net-metering and federal tax credit. SC also offer a 25% state tax credit for solar so the payback is even faster!
This is one of the most aggressive industries in the market today. 4 times I have answered my phone to say I'm not interested and they keep going at it. All they talk about is the free roof, clean energy and 80% savings in your electric bill. Talk about the CONS...your system depends on regular electricity to operate. Apply that 80% savings to replace batteries that can go from $5,000 to 7,000 USD. Taking into account that batteries shelf life is in average 4 to 5 years. A solar panel that produces 1,000 watts requires one battery, a refrigerator could easily reach up to 1,200 watts at start up before it settles down to normal range (300 to 1,000 watts) have some decency and stop harassing people. Only scamers violate "no call" Federal Law to harras people on a daily basis upsetting potential customers and turning them around against you. Your telemarketers are no better than prostitutes and criminals. Show some respect and stop calling you bastards.
PLEASE READ THE EDIT, I WAS AT LEAST PARTIALLY WRONG --- (38 000 dollar system. I only get credit up to what I use. Deliveries fees are 25 to 80.00 and my production credit does not apply to that. I save an avg of 60 bucks a month and pay 210 for the system. $120.00 of that payment goes to interest. 25- year loan. 22,000 in interest at 2.99%. I may break even if the panels and roof last. You can also add the cost of removing and reinstalling the panels when the roof needs to be redone, which will probably be at least twice in that 25 year period. This looks like I might a bad decision, given that my roof design make it hard to get much more than 95%. I don't think I am getting 95% of my electrical costs, much less the delivery cost and other fees, which can be from 38 - 90 bucks. Note: I did not get a battery, because that would have been another 10,000 in cost, and I hear they last only 10 years or so. Maybe, if you have an electrical provider in your area who allows credit for all the energy that you produce, and you can get a battery, and you have plenty of sunshine, and you use a lot of electricity, then it probably could work. But not in my case. My average bill is only 150 a month or so at the current rate.) ****** EDIT: After doing more research, I found my numbers were wrong! The electric company bill does not show how many kilowatt hours (KWh) my panels produce! My home immediately uses any power the panels produce. There is no meter to measure that amount. So in July, 2022, I used around 1800Kwh. The panels overproduced by 500 Kwh so I got that taken off the 1800Kwh, which brought the amount I used down to 1300KwH. What I failed to do was get my production numbers for the panels. My Solar Panel company said the panels produced 2000 KWh. So that means without the panels, I would have used 1800KWh + 1500KWh = 3300 KWh. Without the numbers from my Solar Panel company, there is no way to estimate how much solar-produced electricity I may have used. If there number is even close to accurate, then that means I am saving money and over time, the investment should pay off very well - AS LONG AS I HURRY AND GET THE PANELS PAID OFF SO THAT 20,000 IN INTEREST GOES AWAY, OTHERWISE, I LOSE IN THE LOG RUN. By the way, I have no battery and am connected to the grid. When the panels are not producing, I use the electric company's power. So that 1800 KWh hours usage occurs at night and whenever there is cloud cover or some other situation in which my panels cannot get sunlight, and is unavoidable. But if your system produces enough, you can generate credits that can roll over THAT IS, IF YOU CAN GET A NET METERING CONTRACT IN YOUR AREA. Some areas don't have Net-Metering electric companies that will give you credit. And even in my contract, I still have to pay various taxes and fees and electrical delivery costs. As I said earlier, those costs can be as low as around 25 bucks and can runs as high as over 70, and they will always be increasing. Without a battery, (which adds another 10,000 dollars to installation and can go bad in 8 years), I will always have to pay these types of fees. I hope this clears up my post. Sorry about the length. In the end, I will never know exactly how much I save each month without installing some special meter installation to capture it. I am saving money and the panels will pay for themselves as long as I get them paid off fast or pay cash.
