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    Ammocurious Rucker61's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    Did you buy, or leasing? If leasing (if you don't mind) what's the average monthly payment made to the solar co.

    Even the lowest quote was 3x the cost of utility bill in CO. Here 3x easy.
    I got a quote of $120 a month for 20 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rucker61 View Post
    I got a quote of $120 a month for 20 years.
    $120 is still more than my electric bill. Throw in it's approx. $29K not incl interest and once again, not affordable. Or much of an incentive for someone in their mid 60's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    $120 is still more than my electric bill. Throw in it's approx. $29K not incl interest and once again, not affordable. Or much of an incentive for someone in their mid 60's.
    It's not much more than my current bill, and the sales guy times a time value of money comparison with an annual rate increase of 4-6%. Compared to a fixed rate of $120 per month, it's looks like it makes sense. Of course, his analysis was cherry picked to sell a solar set-up. I've got two kids in high school playing on high wattage gaming systems and wasting other electricity. They'll be gone in a few years, and we can certainly work to reduce our bill now. We'd likely downsize our house to a ranch to get rid of a bunch of stairs for when we get older. The analysis doesn't look as compelling then.
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