Well, my last post about our new solar power system was on July 23, where I happily showed the images of the system going in. After that, due to the laggards at our wonderful PG&E, progress came to a screeching halt, for almost a month. Then, magic happened. I won't bore you with a lot of text, and just let our new bills share the news, as they say, a picture is worth a 1K words, or in this case, about 682 kWh.
The comparison details get ever so slightly muddy, given that Solar Guard shows progress by calendar month (wow, what a novel concept), and PG&E by whatever their whims happen to be at the time. As best I can tell, I think PG&E probably bases their cycles on some semblance of mystic lunar cycles, coupled with an algorithm derived from an ancient Druid/pagan rituals, with a sprinkling of serendipity, but I may be wrong. Nonetheless, 30 days in, it appears that we're off to a great start.
Here we have our bill for Aug (07/22 - 08/19), which I'll call Exhibit 1: BS (Before Solar)
And here, we have our bill for Sep (08/20 - 09/20), which I'll call Exhibit 2: ASS (After Solar System)
It doesn't take a mathematics Ph.D. to see that the amont in my BS is much larger than my ASS. My mathematical model, to do the cost justification for going solar, planned on an average savings of $200/month, and we're at $245 in the fall, so not bad. Oh, I almost for the zinger. In late August, I added a hot tub, which has been running full tilt since then, at 100ºF, and STILL saved nearly two fiddy. Not bad.
God, thanks for my California sunshine and clear skies! :-)
DMac Out...
PS. If any of you are interested in going Solar, the Solar City team were rockin' to deal with! My sales guy was Alex Dabdy, adabney@solarcity.com, +1.650.963.5862
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