Congrats. My house is in a bad spot for solar. Too much shade. I spoke to sunpower again yesterday and I don’t have a really great option…just an OK one. I can generate 87% of my usage through the system but I wouldn’t see the savings until year 12. If I spend a considerable amount of money to cut down trees, then I have a better shot of seeing the savings by year 8. Regardless, my payments would be greater than my avg eversource bill so it’s really just a hedge electricity costs continue to climb where eventually my solar payments are less than what my avg ES bill would be.
My long terms plan was to eventually replace the two AC units and oil tank with a heat pump and electric water heater in addition to going EV with our vehicles so I’d need a bigger/more efficient system at some point to take on the increased usage.
It’s not looking good at the moment. I may have to wait until the tech improves where my shade is not as big of a detriment.