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our system was all made in Washington State, and if we replace it we will get another one from in-state, because we get a much higher production incentive payment per Kilowatt put into the grid (and no state sales tax).

We got our system 5 years ago, and today the installed price for the same size system is about 50% of what we paid then, and the efficiency is up by about 40% per square foot of roof used. We can have a 50% increase (to go from 6KW to 9KW) for a lot less than the original system. The 30% federal tax credit has been extended to 2020. A new, larger system can pay for itself in about 6 years, even here in the Seattle area.