Yes but it doesn't matter..
I was paying for the shortfall in power companies revenue by NOT having solar.. each rise in price pushes more of us to it. Power companies are paid bonuses for the amount of line work they do.. so they continually do more line work to continually increase profits.. we have shareholders to think of and we MUST increase profits every year.
I can buy one of my panels for $350.
I can buy my inverter for $1200.
I have unconditional 5 year warranty on the inverter.
20 years on the panels with a degradation of 20% efficiency over 10 years expected.. anything over that and they are replaced.
20 years on installation
My bills would now be well over $700 a quarter.
My repayments over 2 years are $780 a quarter.
My bill is $57 and yes weve had the aircon on.
So, I see a slight increase in my bill for 2 years max... but that's not really the case as electricity prices are going up again. My guess is by end of 2 years im even.
After that, I have hardly any bills at all... cant wait for that one!
If you cannot keep control of your overheads you go broke - rule#1 of any business and running a family IS a business.
I don't care if it throws spikes down the line.. that's not my issue.. Power company never cared about anyone who went broke cos their bill shot up.. F**k em I say.. its each man for himself now and I intend to cover my lot as best I can.
I don't care if its "green" or not.. couldn't give a stuff.. its all bollox anyway. We get penalised for using electricity and pushed to use less through price increases.. but its not us causing the problems.. its the power companies refusing to move beyond burning fossil fuels.. we sell coal to China to burn for electricity at a fraction we sell it to ourselves... its all a con...LED speed signs - those things chew the juice!.. but hey, its LED so it costs nothing to run right? Bollox - theres tons of the bloody things in there.. add the inefficiency of the SMPS and it all adds up.. pretty sure the old reflective ones were free to run?
Its one big fat con.. get in now on solar I say while you can and then in 20 years time when we all have it, we will be paying the same bills for the same amount because " line maintenance" and " the grid" will cost.. just like renting the line for your telephone...one...big...fat...con.
JP Morgan.. " if I cant put a meter on it - it cannot happen"
Ok.. rant over... now breathe and allow blood to come from boiling to normal...
