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Originally Posted by PKT4LIFE
Here in Cali, solar is very popular due to electrical rates being high (PG&E raised their rates a lot due to the wild fires and law suits). However in sunny Florida, solar is not. I was told that the Florida energy companies do not want solar power so they set the electrical rates very low so that it's almost impossible to recover the cost of installing solar. My South Florida condo electrical bill is about $45-50 a month (summer time) and that's running air conditioning too.
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That's probably true-- it just didn't make financial sense, especially considering our roof is not old (we built the home in 2018) and didn't want to risk possibly having to replace it. Our energy bill runs about $200 a month for 2200 sq. ft. We have a hot tub that I know takes a lot of energy, but we use it regularly so it's worth it. I believe the solar panels themselves would end up costing about $245 a month, and we'd still have to pay a fee to Duke Energy. In theory, I'd love to have them!
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