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Solar Panel ROI | Are Solar Panels They Worth It? | NATiVE Solar — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:16:16 +0000

[…] Net metering policies also affect your ROI. If a net metering policy is available in your area, leveraging it can yield a powerful advantage by unlocking the value of existing assets like your roof. This can optimize your energy and turn it from a cost into a source of revenue. Going solar immediately reduces your bill, and with net metering allowing you to sell excess solar electricity into the grid, you can actually monetize your surplus solar energy to create an additional revenue stream that reduces your payback period. Net metering policies that pay higher rates for your clean electricity will lead to higher returns. […]

By: BryanW

BryanW — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:42:59 +0000

Yes, net-metering in Texas leaves a lot to be desired. I had solar installed last year. Being a TXU customer for over 20 years, I checked with them first. Early in 2022, they still had a buyback plan that for all practical purposes bought your excess electricity at 0.04 less than what they charged. That was okay, given the argument that solar owners were not paying their fair share for grid maintenance, despite the fact that Oncor still charges about 0.35/kWh for that. By the time I actually got the solar panels installed and working, TXU had cancelled that plan and replaced it with one that would basically zero out my usage but then keep any excess production without compensation.

And so I went to the Internet to find other providers. I came across this website:

https://origin-www.solarreviews.com/blog/texas-net-metering-complete-guide

that had some really good information about net-metering. To summarize, there are currently three different buyback plans, at least here in the Dallas area. The first will do what TXU did and only credit you for your usage. Anything above that, they keep for free. The second, will credit you for your usage, but will also pay you the real time market rate (RTMR) for your excess usage. That number is usually 0.03/kWh. The third option is for the utility to credit you for all of your excess energy at the market rate. When I did my analysis in October of last year, there were only three companies that did this. They are EnergyTexas, Pulse and Octopus. I ended up with EnergyTexas as they had the lowest rates. I locked in their 36-month plan but you have to look closely to add the solar buyback plan from them.

By: Jerry Moody

Jerry Moody — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:08:37 +0000

What’s aggravating is that companies are trying to steal your excess generation by not rolling over the excess into the next month. I was receiving negative bills for like 8 months of the year with Green Mountain and then they changed the plan so that they don’t roll over excess production thus stealing from your investment and causing me to have 60 to 85 dollar electric bills every month.
After reading this article I joined pulse in hopes of getting the proper return on my investment vs allowing companies to make money off my investment.nni don’t care about them….. I care about me. Good riddance Green Mountain Energy