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For anyone conscious about their electricity bills!

The harvest surplus months are April - September, while Oct-Mar run a deficit and tapers to $0/month in Alberta.

During surplus, my electricity is sold at .35c/kwh(via AB solar club)

During deficit months i pay around .07c/kwh

Before solar i spent roughly $800/year in electricity and $1000/year in distribution/other fees.

My electric bill went from $1800/year to -$200/year. Net delta of savings around $2k per year.

Any other home owners in PFC invest in solar/crunch their numbers?

Technical details:

I have an 11kw system(27panels) that generated 11.2MWh in the last 12 months.

Isn’t a true net, solar is financed at $200/m at 0% (CGHL 8 years left). Im running -$30/month into home equity until solar is paid off. After that, $2k/year free cash flow for life of the panels

System cost $2.75-3/kw. Hard to pin down as subpanel, trenching, EV chargers, load manager was mixed in.

3bd starter single family home in AB

30y warranty panels
20y warranty inverters

Not bad. Haven’t withdrawn a penny in 6 years. Dream of FI

Solar panels net $2,000/year

Saved $1900 over 12M to charge my EV