{"id":171,"date":"2021-04-06T19:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:59:12","slug":"costs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Electric Bill <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pay a monthly connection charge of $14.70. We don’t have batteries and don’t live off-grid. Instead, we use our local utility (PSEG) as a giant battery! So, in the bright summer months we give the excess electricity we generate to the local utility and in winter months, we take it back from the utility, “drawing down” our account. Our “net” annual consumption of electricity from our utility is usually Zero or very close to Zero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monthly Connection Charge – $14.70<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Energy usage throughout the year by month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Calculating your solar payback period<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless you decide to lease your solar panels (which is a great way to get started if you don’t have or want to pay all the installation cost upfront), it can be helpful to determine your investment’s payback period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a good article<\/a> that shows you just how to do that with some simple Math. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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So, in the bright summer months we give the excess electricity we generate to the local utility and in winter months, we take it back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174,"url":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/state-ny\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"State","author":"Mark Bartosik","date":"April 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"NY Tax Credits and Incentives 25% tax credit capped at $5000 for solar electric systems (photovoltaic)You can carry forward the tax credit for up to 5 days until you have used it.25% of what? It is 25% of the cost\u00a0after\u00a0any utility provided rebates. 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