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Re: Solar feed-ins - so popular they’re handed out by lottery

mrwg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:01:52 -0000

Yeah, I know. But I have not tried to do anything else this year....
Aug 08 - 18 kwh Aug 09 13kwh
Sept-08 - 20 kwh Sept 09 16 kwh
Oct 08 - 18 kwh Oct 09 15 kwh

And that is adding a laptop (in April)... but sending one off to college 1 Sept (but he never did much laundry so the effect on the clothesline was minimal)

I did wonder about the dryer because the Kill-a-Watt doesn't do 220

Re: Solar feed-ins - so popular they’re handed out by lottery

DaveBrooks — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:18:41 -0000

4 kwh/day reduction? - you mean it went from a running daily average of, say, 25 kwh to 21 kwh?

Wow! That's a lot ...

Re: Solar feed-ins - so popular they’re handed out by lottery

mrwg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:53:30 -0000

I am a year now into my tax-reducing solar power experiment. The clothes line. 12 months, using on average 4 kwh less per day per month. And that is the only consious power reduction scheme I have followed this past year. (Two children... one a clothes changing girl.) Very much an eyesore... reduces the value of my view, and the neighbor's view.

Re: Solar feed-ins - so popular they’re handed out by lottery

SHagerman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:58:02 -0000

I've been very impressed with the State and Federal incentives that have been available for installation of alternative energy systems. Unfortunatly a couple of days ago a found out along with those incentives, there is a local disincentive - propery tax increases. While there is a $5,000 exemption for solar panels in Nashua, after that amount, based on their assessment, they are taxable. Apparently the exemption - if any - varies from city to city in NH. Given the high initial costs of the system, it appears the taxes could easily wipe out a good part of the savings of having a photovoltaic system. It is my understanding that there are only about 6 such systems in Nashua. Given the very small about of revenue they generate for the City, it seems like we would be better off exempting these systems from property taxes in order to encourage more people to install them.