My solar was installed and turned on 09/02/2023. When you "sell back" to the grid, what they do is bank you kWh that you can use later in the year. There were a couple hiccups (the solar maintenance was actually me bumping a wire when I opened the main breaker panel and loosing a wire (oops🤦‍♂️ ) to install a car charger. Didn't notice it for a couple of months. And then you can see when I installed heated floors for 900 sq feet on my first floor. Early 2025 I was away from my home so I banked a lot too, and that was good.

Is it worth it? I think so. I did finance them with a home improvement loan because I also needed a whole new roof (including plywood), my upstairs needed to be insulated and I went with spray foam (damn it's nice), the solar system, and I also replaced my 25 year old HVAC A/C with an A/C / Heat Pump combo system. So now I have central air and hot forced central air. I don't recall the cost but it was in the 25K-30K range. Without solar it would have been in the $1500 range of costs of electricity for the year (and going up as you can see). That's like a 20 year pay back period on the high end, panels are warrantied for 25 years. Plus I get satisfaction of green energy. Oh, and the 30% tax credit (gone now 😞 ). Which lowered it to a 12 year payback period.

24 Months of Solar in Lower Bucks County, PA