Of course! Your home’s solar electricity generation capacity depends on factors like the size and efficiency of your solar panel system, as well as local sunlight conditions. Unlike a fixed limit on total kWh production, the amount of excess electricity you can feed back into the grid at once is often restricted by utility regulations. …
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You will be credited for everything except the flat rate distribution fee. You will be credited back for delivery, regulatory, debt retirement and any other charges that are based on how many kWh’s you use. You will still be stuck with a bill of about $20 to $40 a month.
Almost but not quite. There is a small part of your bill usually referred to as the “flat rate distribution fee” or something similar which you will have to pay regardless if you use any power or not. This is an administration fee for being connected to the hydro companies network and is usually between …
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This all depends on the utility. All utilities have different billing structures. In most cases there is a small difference. One example is that they will charge you HST but will not credit it back if you do not have an HST number which most home owners do not have. For the portion of the …
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The efficiency of a solar panel is its ability to convert solar energy into power. A panel that has an efficiency of 15% converts 15% of the solar energy that falls on it into power. There is a great deal of hype about how efficient one panel is over another. What efficiency translates into in …
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Probably not. With a grid-tied solar system the first panel that goes on the roof will probably cost about $7,000 due to all the permits, fees and other overhead costs. There are a lot of costs that are the same regardless if you are installing one panel or fifty. Every panel that goes on the …
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Sadly there are virtually no incentives or subsidies for solar in Ontario. This is at a time where every other form of energy is being subsidized by 25% by the Ontario Fair Hydro Act. For businesses there is the opportunity for accelerated depreciation but that is it.
Your payments will vary depending on how sunny it is through the month and on seasonal differences. Obviously we get more sun during long clear summer days than we do during short overcast winter days. On average you would generate about 12,500kWh’s per year from a standard 10kW system. This is what the average household …
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