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mdurg68 t1_j52yoj9 wrote

Reply to comment by Indira1009 in If you used a company to put solar on your house who did you use, and do you like them? by cbri

We looked into and it all seems really good. We were looking at buying not leasing. Unfortunately the break even in my case (approx 10 yrs) is probably longer than I plan living around here. My roof faces perfect direction and we have no trees. I think they are cool, and most of all I would have liked the F-U factor towards the power company.

The awful thing is that they don’t allow homeowners to overproduce if the roof space is available. They try to estimate your last few bills and maybe go slightly over. I think it would help the state situation somewhat if homeowners who had a good roof and were willing, to overproduce to help out the grid.

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Shot-Perspective2946 t1_j53es8k wrote

Yeah the limitation on power is super annoying.

Also - pro tip - if you’re planning on getting an ev, buy the solar system a couple months after buying the ev

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plaverty9 t1_j53h9uw wrote

You're allowed to overproduce to 125%, but that is the limit.

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cbri OP t1_j56s2c5 wrote

What happens to the 'excess' energy that's produced, or it just doesn't get that far?

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mdurg68 t1_j58iztk wrote

Sell it back to power company as credit. Basically it goes like this… In summer you should have good producing months, hopefully above what you consume. The excess goes to RI Energy and they credit you for it. Winter months you produce less and you probably end up using those credits. The hope is you at least end up with net no electric bill.

Now there are so many factors like your house location, tree cover, your personal consumption etc.

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