Step 1. Are Solar Panels Worth their Cost?
See Whether Solar Makes Sense for You
Some people - solar salespeople, for instance - take for granted that solar panels are worth their cost, so they make sense for every homeowner. Others have decided - influenced perhaps by fossil-fuel industry propaganda - that the whole solar thing is just a fad. Neither is correct, of course.
Getting your own solar-PV (photo-voltaic) system for your house makes good sense for some people and little sense for others. Finding out which group you fall into is the logical place to start when looking into solar.
Because SCE's rates are so high, and Southern California gets so much sun, solar makes sense for many SCE customers. But if your electricity bill isn't big enough, or if certain unusual factors apply to your house, you shouldn't bother with solar right now. Doesn't it make sense to find that out before you spend a lot of time researching and shopping?
Our Solar Buying Guide - Step 1 covers all the questions to be answered in deciding whether solar might make sense for you. To keep it as brief as possible, three articles on the website were summarized in the Guide. If you'd like to read the full versions of these articles (they're still not very long), please click on their titles here:
■ Is Your House Suitable for Solar?
■ Introduction to Solar Loans: a brief description of the three types of loans for solar
■ Environmental Benefits of Solar: especially the main economic benefits
Getting your own solar-PV (photo-voltaic) system for your house makes good sense for some people and little sense for others. Finding out which group you fall into is the logical place to start when looking into solar.
Because SCE's rates are so high, and Southern California gets so much sun, solar makes sense for many SCE customers. But if your electricity bill isn't big enough, or if certain unusual factors apply to your house, you shouldn't bother with solar right now. Doesn't it make sense to find that out before you spend a lot of time researching and shopping?
Our Solar Buying Guide - Step 1 covers all the questions to be answered in deciding whether solar might make sense for you. To keep it as brief as possible, three articles on the website were summarized in the Guide. If you'd like to read the full versions of these articles (they're still not very long), please click on their titles here:
■ Is Your House Suitable for Solar?
■ Introduction to Solar Loans: a brief description of the three types of loans for solar
■ Environmental Benefits of Solar: especially the main economic benefits
