ITT We Discuss Rooftop Solar

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

We actually looked into it-- but after talking to a friend of ours who has been in real estate for many years, we decided to not move forward. She had told us that she'd never seen a house with rooftop panels that didn't have roof damage from the installation. And being that we are in Florida, solar is very popular here, so she's seen a lot of it.
It also wouldn't save us any money for a long, long time. The price of the panels would be almost exactly what I'm paying for my energy bill now. And I still have to pay Duke Energy a monthly fee. (A small one, but still annoying.)

That's definitely a concern going forward. So it's probably a pretty good idea to have a roofer take a look. The roof was only 3 months old when the solar panels were put on.

We did it more for future proofing, i.e., the cost of energy consistently goes up, so if I can lock in at what I'm paying now, there's a lot of upside on the back end of the investment.

And being able to with an EV opt out of paying for gasoline. I probably put $300-$400 in my tank every month as I have to drive all across the state for court.

[summer_gphib]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That's definitely a concern going forward. So it's probably a pretty good idea to have a roofer take a look. The roof was only 3 months old when the solar panels were put on.

We did it more for future proofing, i.e., the cost of energy consistently goes up, so if I can lock in at what I'm paying now, there's a lot of upside on the back end of the investment.

And being able to with an EV opt out of paying for gasoline. I probably put $300-$400 in my tank every month as I have to drive all across the state for court.

I would love an EV, but we can't swing it right now-- but the thought of not having to pay for gasoline sounds divine. Of course, now that we are both permanent work-from-home, we use a lot less gas. We are purchasing a new Ford Explorer, and there was an electric option, but it wouldn't be able to tow our camper with that, making it unrealistic. (And we get huge discounts from Ford-- we are getting it at about 4,000 under MSRP when most dealers are over MSRP quite a bit, so I'll take that as a win!)