Comment by ghaff

6 months ago

Sounds exhausting. My electrical bill is about $100/month. Doesn't sound like it's worth a major project to decrease. Your mileage may differ of course.

Mine was north of $500 last month :( It starts looking like a battery + a DIY PV array installation just to power the air conditioning alone would pay for itself in one summer.

  • Of course, it depends where you live. I don't even have AC and don't have electric heat in the winter. So aside from, possibly, new construction, spending a lot of effort/money on PV/batteries/etc. doesn't make a lot of sense.

It will be $200 in few years. Could be 0.

  • It will absolutely not be zero once you consider costs, effort, future obligations, etc. But, by all means, do what makes sense for you.

    • It can be if you over-provision, but I agree, 0 isn’t the sweet spot, especially if you have bad credit.