K1ng0011
New Member
I live in the PNW in Washington state. I live in an area with cheap electricity. I am trying to figure out what sized solar system I can reasonably expect based on my budget. Determining the cost of the the inverter/battery is fairly straight forward. However all of the other components, panels, microinverters/optimizers, solar rails/mounts, and other misc. items I am having trouble getting accurate pricing. There are lots of vendors of the different components and I having trouble determining what is realistic for new equipment to qualify for the tax credit. Ideally I would like to get as close to 15kwh as possible based on all of the information I have collected. I am looking to get backup power for my house in the short term outages we have and reduce my electric bill. I may also buy used panels out of pocket later to increase the size of the system if I am not able to get close to the 15kwh with the current budget if it is not reasonable.
Budget: $23,000 - 30% Rebate = $16,000
https://www.bankrate.com/loans/loan-calculator/ - $16k = $148/month = 15 years
https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php (15kwh Array) - 14,739 kWh/Year
https://sunroof.withgoogle.com/ - 1068 hours of usable sunlight
Electricity Cost - .10279
Average Electricity Usage KWH - 1072kwh
Average Monthly Bill - $154
Time of Use - N/A
Ground or Roof Mount: Roof Detached Garage
Roof Direction: East/West
Garage Size: 30x30
Distance from Garage to House: 50ft
Roof Material - Metal
Hybrid Inverter: SOL-ARK 15k
Battery: https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-powerpro-14kwh-all-weather-lithium-solar-battery-wallmount/
From My Electric Company: The net metering reserve allows you to roll over credit from net metering to apply to energy charges in another bill period. Per state law, net metering reserve credit expires on March 31 of each year.
Budget: $23,000 - 30% Rebate = $16,000
https://www.bankrate.com/loans/loan-calculator/ - $16k = $148/month = 15 years
https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php (15kwh Array) - 14,739 kWh/Year
https://sunroof.withgoogle.com/ - 1068 hours of usable sunlight
Electricity Cost - .10279
Average Electricity Usage KWH - 1072kwh
Average Monthly Bill - $154
Time of Use - N/A
Ground or Roof Mount: Roof Detached Garage
Roof Direction: East/West
Garage Size: 30x30
Distance from Garage to House: 50ft
Roof Material - Metal
Hybrid Inverter: SOL-ARK 15k
Battery: https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-powerpro-14kwh-all-weather-lithium-solar-battery-wallmount/
From My Electric Company: The net metering reserve allows you to roll over credit from net metering to apply to energy charges in another bill period. Per state law, net metering reserve credit expires on March 31 of each year.