Lt Dan... I missed that. LMAO! 😆

 

 

Why not? No different than slashing SUV tires to save teh plannit.

 

The planet, as a whole, is up 1.25°F the last month, but also just crested 30% of elec from photovoltaics, world wide. The way to finance yours is 6% (?) home loan, paid in 10 years. Own, do not lease. PG&E doubles in ten years** say, from $200/month to 400.
Serious... it will stay at 200, and then, poof! End. Mayne $25 to be "connected." PG&E is now fighting for even more of the pie.

Panels are certified for 80-90% life at 25 yrs. But - get micro
-controllers. Not a 25Kw single controller. If a panel fails you lose IT, (~300w) for a while, not the whole (15-30 kw,) string. Or, if one tree shades some panels for 1 hr. This normally kills the entire seriesed-string.

*PG&E is breaking ground on 10-25 annual increases!!!
DO the math. You annual bill times 1.1 or 1.15... 10 times.
1.06 doubles in 10 years. Will your income?
Mine is 150-200 summer, 300 winter, with LED lighting.
I used to use a average of 740KW/month. About 400 now.

 

Or save 66% on you electric bill be moving to Utah.
Or 70% by moving to North Dakota.
Hell, I thought I had a high rate but still 60% less than California.

Texas has more "Green " energy than any other state. More than 48 others combined. and yet the power costs 50% of what California charges (as long as you are on a non-flex plan).

 

Good luck with the surgery. My 84 yr old Mother had similar. They removed 2 large cancerous growths from her bladder and did a low impact chemo directly in the bladder. After 6 weeks went back in and found no new growth. Now has weekly immunotherapy for 6 weeks and then follow up visit after 6 weeks from final treatment. Looks like she dodged a bullet. She is the primary caregiver for my Father with alzheimers so we need her to stick around. He just had mild episodes of dimentia, over 2 years, up until xmas. Since the new year it has just taken off. Now going through the process of getting copies of all of his tax stuff, 1099r's, 1099-int's, 1099-div's and ssa, so I can do his 2023 taxes. He has either lost, trashed or misplaced everything he received since Dec 2023. He has been extremely organized as long as I can remember so this is a new thing for me.

 

My current equal pay plan. I recently looked into solar. I'll pass. All LED at my house as well. Even my TV's are OLED.

 

I think California is trying to pay off their lawsuits with your bill, Bill. A good friend of mine lost everything in the Paradise fires, and it's still not settled.

 

Your 281 is nowhere near the low side of a utility bill.

EDIT: In fact it's a bit over mine, ignoring that I got ~$140+ for saving, so my April bill was $80... an annual thing.

 

I wasn't saying it was low. It's absurd, actually.