Solar Installers PA
Solar installers, PA, a site for home and business owners, as well as installers, will help you find ways to reduce or eliminate monthly energy costs. Adding solar power or a wind energy system increases the resale value of your home or office building and lasts up to 40 years.
Solar installers, PA will dive into the subject of solar installation, its benefits, how it works and will offer tips and advice on a variety of related topics. Each area of our state has great geographical variety. It also has varied weather. Our newsletter, solar installers, PA, will help to explain what to look for to maximize your installation.
Enjoy the benefits of Solar Installers, PA
- Keep up with the everchanging solar and renewable energy industry
- Maximize your investment.
- Use your house to save the environment.
- Protection in the event of a power outage or disaster.
Using solar installers PA, you will learn a simple but very effective method to get up and running with a limitless source of free energy. The once, " steep price tag" of solar pv has now become the economical way to go.
Is this the best time to invest in a solar pv installation?
Here are some factors to consider.
If you live in Pennsylvania, and are considering A SOLAR ELECTRIC PV system for your home, you need to answer the following questions.
1. Do I have a suitable location to install solar pv? If your site has the proper exposure to the sun, you may qualify for a rebate from the PA Sunshine Program. You should have a roof elevation that faces south, southeast or southwest (generally speaking) to qualify. Alternatively, you may consider a ground-mounted system that can be oriented in these directions. In either case, the solar panels themselves must not be partially or completely in the shade during the peak hours of sunlight ( 9AM untill 3 PM.) The PA Sunshine Program residential rebate, while at the tier one level of $2.25 per watt WILL FUND NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE AVERAGE COST OF THE INSTALLATION. This funding is capped at $22,500.00 per installation The tier one level of funding, as I write this article, is roughly two thirds exhausted. While this level of funding remains, IT IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO CONSIDER SOLAR PV!
2. What other forms of financial help are available if I do this now? There is currently a Federal Investment tax credit of 30% in place for solar pv system installations. This tax credit is uncapped at this time. If you pay taxes, you can take advantage of this credit NOW! This credit is independant of the rebate funding from Pennsylvania.
3. What are some of the long term benefits if I move ahead now? A solar PV system, properly designed, requires no annual maintenance, is safe, and will reduce the cost of your electricity bill. The amount of the reduction is directly related to the size of your PV system. Here is an important factor to consider...while you are producing electricity from solar energy, you are not purchasing electricity (or as much electricity) from your utility company. As the rate caps come off during the coming year, expect that the amount that your utility company charges for electric to rise significantly (maybe 30% or MORE). Most of our local utility companies will be changing over to" time of use" metering. This means that you will be charged a much higher rate during the hours of "peak electrical demand" in your area. These times of peak demand mainly coincide with the times that your solar pv system will be producing the most energy, thereby reducing the amount you have to purchase from your utility company.
Conside these additonal advantages...
1. There are more powerful incentives...solar renewable energy credits (SRECs). SRECs are a tradeable commodity on the open market. Pennsylvania has a renewable portfolio standard which mandates that utility companies provide energy from renewable sources to sell to their customers. It is required that the utilities must comply, or pay a penalty. Your system, properly designed and installed, will produce a number of SRECs each year. After registering your solar pv installation, you will be isuued credit for your energy production in the form of an energy credit for each 1,000 kilowatts of production. You may then sell these credits on the open market, or contract with a broker who will in turn, resell these to your utility company. This income is significant, and your solar pv system will produce this income year after year, as long as these standards exist.
2. Cash Flow! If properly designed and installed, your solar pv system can pay for itself in as little as five years. As these systems are designed to last for longer than 25 years, after initial payback, your annual returns may be greater than even long term stock market investments and certainly greater than traditional savings accounts or CD's.
3. Solar PV systems increase your property resale value! This is due to reduced operating costs. It has been estimated that the value of a home may increase by as much as $20,000.00 for every reduction of $1,000.00 in reduced operating costs.(The rationale?... lower utility bills mean a higher mortgage payment may be affordable and justified). This only gets better as utility rates continue to rise!
4. The cost of system components are at an all-time low, reducing installation costs.
Is this the best time to invest in a solar electric PV system?...it is hard to imagine a better environment, or a better time!
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Solar Installers PA is authored by Anthony Guerrera, NABCEP certificate holder and registered Master Electrician.