rising energy costs, persistent brown outs, $500+ electric bills every month
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I have a meeting this morning to potentially pull my home off the grid
Discussion
How many kWh per month for $500?
2025
Jan - 88.19 kwh ($412.34)
Feb - 98.93 kwh ($473.91)
Mar - 74.19 kwh ($452.74)
Apr - 83.07 kwh ($473.47)
May - 88.57 kwh ($523.57)
June - 108.38 kwh ($694.03)
July - 104.3 kwh ($624.51)
Aug - 129.31 kWh ($749.44)
Sept - ?
Something is not right here. This is like $4+ per kWh.
There are like 12 different additional surcharges & taxes & fees on our monthly bills
Storm protection charge, clean, energy transmission, charge, storm, surcharge, franchise fee, municipal public service tax , etc. … bull shit, bull shit , bull shit
Please give us all the details you can. I am fully intending to be 100% off grid by the spring myself.
Similar to your design pictured, except I am looking to add a propane generator in parallel with the solar array.
I’m also looking at digging 2 Wells for water and my own septic system with two septic tanks connected to one leach/filter field…
#homesteading #solar
I don’t have the full specs /details yet, but if it’s installed before the end of 2025, we can capture the 40% tax credit & it will work out to:
30yr full warranty
Two Tesla battery packs
Rebuilt electrical panel
Covers 90% of annual energy use
$45k financed over 25yrs
7.9% APR
no early payoff penalty
but we can get it all paid off in 10ish years & still keep a lower monthly bill at the current Utility kWh energy rates… which are compounding up at +3% every year with an 8% special assessment increase in 2026 🤯