A question about solar panels

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We elected to purchase our system outright and it is grid tied. The rep. from the company we went with came to the house & looked at our power bill & figured out how many panels we would need to provide sufficient power to meet our needs over the year.

All the power our system produces goes back through the grid to the power co. as a credit to our account. We use the power supplied by the power co. as you normally would. The power we produce offsets the power we use. Any excess power we produce goes into our reserve on our account with the power co. This reserve is used during low sunlight days or excessive power usage by us. Any reserve you still have at the end of one year won't be rolled over to the next year, so it's important to try to figure out your usage for a year as closely as possible.

We installed our system last Dec. & went online the 1st of Jan. this year, & our power bills have not gone over the minimum charge the power co. charges...Approx. $20/ mo., with more reserve being added to our account each month, because of the increased sunlight this time of the year.

Our system consists of 13 290 watt panels, and there are no batteries to have to maintain.

Hopefully, this answers some of your questions. If you'd like to discuss this any further, let us know.

Dee