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Re: If you don't mind me asking Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] (#13) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Scott Paterson) on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:20:24 In Reply to: If you don't mind me asking, Ivan, Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:33:47 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
It is, but California has (or at least had when we did it) an incentive program that paid for 60%+ of the install. 50% came in the form of a check, straight out, and then 15% was allowed to be deducted from our gross income on our CA state tax. When all was said and done (it took 1.5 days to install), it cost us just under $6K total after we got our check and tax rebate.
Without the CA State incentives, the numbers would not have been even close to working out - I mean, we could've done it, but it would not have been for saving money. And, still the decision is still not solely about the money. It was a fun project, my wife and I are big on solar stuff and we could actually do something about it, and we feel like there's just that much less dependence on foreign power or power from coal etc etc, although I'm sure all of our surplus power is simply going to my next door neighbor's AC system.
-Scott
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