Smud Solar Panels

Smud pays retail rates of 12 cents per kwh on average for rooftop solar generation creating a cost shift that is passed on to non solar customers in the amount of 25 to 41 million in 2020 or 26 to 45 per customer per year.

Smud solar panels.

Discover ways to save. Smud pushed and got approval to effectively gut the state s new plan to put solar panels and batteries into new home construction. That cost shift grows to 94 million in 2030 or 92 per customer per year. Smud s solar program does provide stipend amounts designed to offset the purchase and installation cost for the meter cabinet equipment see below.

This makes the cost of a standard 7 83 kw residential solar system 20 515 before the state and federal tax credits and 14 959 after tax credits are received. Smud will install a pv production meter at no cost to the customer or contractor. Smud s program called solarshares effectively prevents solar from being installed on thousands of new homes for twenty years. Residential solar pv systems qualify for a stipend of.

Make your home energy efficient make sure the energy you make from solar isn t wasted. The average cost of a solar system in the smud service area based on current local solar offers from solar companies is 2 62 per watt. Getting started with solar step 1. Run the numbers our solar system estimator combines satellite information about your rooftop together with your.