We haven’t hit $500 yet, I said that $1K was “more than” double. As an example, my house (about the same distance from ocean as yours) had these bills last year ($/kwh)
We are doing the research on solar right now – a lot of good posts on this forum about that as a matter of fact. Once we get far enough along I’ll probably start asking some q’s to fill the gaps in my knowledge.[/quote]
Yeah, I’d seriously consider solar if I had a spare 20k around and I see some people with it, but alas, no such thing for me yet…
Like you, it’s sorta amazing some months, energy use can be that high since you can probably keep yours < $100 as well without the A/C.
Downsides I see with solar is that I think SDG&E and many other power companies will start raising base transmission (access) prices and just charge people another $10-$20 just to connect you since everyone wants to kick their power company to the curb so they're going to find a way to get their profits (investments) to simply hook you up to the grid.
In short, they're going to force solar people to pay their fair share too. There are many articles about this.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101319945
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In California, the No. 1 solar state in panels installed, lawmakers let net metering continue but directed its public utility commission to devise a new program by 2017 to ensure that nonsolar customers aren't burdened unfairly in paying for the grid.
In Arizona, regulators voted in November to allow the largest utility to tack a monthly fee of $5 onto the bill of customers with new solar installations. Arizona Public Service originally sought a $50 surcharge.
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