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SheilaT

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3. Oh, my.

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 11:49 PM

Sep 2015

I live in New Mexico, land of sunshine. Several years ago when my oldest son visited he asked, "Where are the solar panels?"

There aren't any, or not very many here. Recently I was chatting with a man who is working to install solar panels, and discovered two problems. One is that most of our roofs in Santa Fe, where I live, are flat. The panels the company he works for are designed to be put on pitched roofs. The other is that if your electric bill isn't at least $100/month, forget it. It's not financially feasible to install the. I live in a small (900 sq ft)home, and I pay around $50/month for my electric. Small home, no a/c. It's nice to have such a low utility bill.

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Price of Solar Energy in the United States Has Fallen to 5�/kWh on Average [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sep 2015 OP

I'd love solar panels on my roof yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #1

Maybe you should let someone else put them on your roof OKIsItJustMe Sep 2015 #2

Oh, my. SheilaT Sep 2015 #3

Can you contract for utility solar? OKIsItJustMe Sep 2015 #4

Perhaps I should look into it. SheilaT Oct 2015 #5

I cannot put solar panels on my roof OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #6

What I think it comes down to is that my electric bill is SheilaT Oct 2015 #8

For me, it�s not about saving money OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #10

Are there local sources for solar financing? SeattleVet Oct 2015 #7

My understanding is that the one solar company SheilaT Oct 2015 #9

I think, if you want to install your own panels, you should do a little research OKIsItJustMe Oct 2015 #11

Doing a bit of quick on-line research, SheilaT Oct 2015 #12