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Stovens, Interesting information about your friends system. I am curious if you have a link to and further information on this program.

I had a Home in Redding California for awhile. It was 16 miles from the nearest power Line. The Power Co. said they would bring me power if I paid the standered rate. The rate was $13.82 a foot from the closest power line. You do the math, that was not an option!! So I went with a stand alone Solar system good for seven days with no sunlight, or at least that was the way it was supposed to work. It used solar Voltic panels with a battery system for storage and I did have a generator for back-up, So I do have some amount of knowledge on solar voltiac systems. Your friends system at 9kw is something on the small side of a medium system. There is simple NO way that this system in CT will ever provide him 92% of his energy. He will be damn lucky to get 42% maybe and that is optimistic. The biggest user of electricity in any home is refrigeration and today a really good refrigerator use's somewhere in the area of 1800 to 2000 watts per hour when running. So his system is going to be taxed in an area where there is a lot of sun. I'm pretty sure that CT is not one of those places.

Also with solar panels costing on a average of $3.00 a watt your friends 9kw system would have a cost of $27,000 dollars. his total outlay over the 15 years at $148 a mo would be $26,720. Thats pretty good, but the very best panels made today have a full power life of somewhere around 8 to 15 years after that they lose about 30% of there output a year so they do have a diminishing power output. But this is a good deal.

So with the power Co willing to provide the system and If I am understanding the program the will do so for a monthly payment of $148.00 and that would also include his electric, I want me some of that. Any information would be great.

RS