alans
alans

A plot showing a graph of solar energy production for July 10. The plot climbs through the day and receded from a peak of about 3.5 kilowatt hours. The total energy produced is called out as about 30 kilowatt hours.

We’ve been in our place for a couple of months before finding that the solar system wasn’t producing any power. One quick visit from a tech and we are making energy from the sky. Yesterday’s production was a little less than twice our monthly average in the previous billing period. I am STOKED.

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peroty
peroty

@alans Solar is amazing! We were lucky that our county has run a series of co-ops for solar and were able to finance it a few years ago. We have a modest sized house and it’s just the two of us and most months the solar cancels out our bill. So we pay an $8 to be on the grid. But that’s it. ☀️ 💰

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alans
alans

@peroty It’s so great! Amid pushback on incentives for renewable energy in a lot of places (before we left, AZ had really gutted them), people should be shouting endlessly about how empowering (I know there’s a pun here) it feels to make your own electricity.

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peroty
peroty

@alans Agreed! We are lucky Maryland has incentives as well ell as some federal ones when we bought. We get “sky money” every month which is a joy. It helps to pay for itself.

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