Long time no update...

I am not happy with myself for letting this blog wither. So I want to go back to my original assumption that the solar panels would pay for themselves in 6+ years. I have been taking a credit of $1,666.69 cents for the energy I'm saving each year (I could write a volume on how I came up with this figure). I am also deducting the SREC's I receive each quarter. I generate 8 per year, usually 1 in Q1 and Q4 and 3 in Q2 and Q3. The SREC's are paid out with a 6-month delay. The solar installation became cash positive in November of 2017 which is about 6 years and 4 months - so right on schedule. (I don't deduct the electrical bill savings until December...) If I could have done it again, I'd have gotten a larger installation! So I've generated nearly 60MWh of electricity at this point. I'd like to point at that I do not have micro inverters and I do have a shading issue with my neighbors trees. They keep infringing more and more every year. So, one thing I didn't anticipate is a second electric car. So here's some data:

year	cost/year (cents)	avg. cost/kWh	kWh used/year	comments
2006	$2,326.27	18.75	11431
2007	$2,545.94	18.20	14022
2008	$2,101.25	19.19	10853
2009	$2,115.46	19.05	11331
2010	$1,796.56	16.61	10818
2011	$1,430.24	16.61	8637	Solar installed in July
2012	$510.41	16.91	3489
2013	$1,498.40	16.69	9066	1st EV received in January
2014	$1,251.95	19.23	7068	2nd EV received in September
2015	$1,794.55	24.18	8523
2016	$2,025.27	23.80	8816
2017	$1,087.75	21.64	4672	meter broken for 3+ months free electricity!
2018	$1,732.35	22.20	7430

It is a lot of data. Notes: I wasn't always quick to move to a competitive electrical supplier. There have been improvements like moving from incandescent bulbs to CFL's to LED's. A very efficient A/C unit was installed in January of 2018... So, the entire project has been a success...watch this space: