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Ahalya: Not totally sure what you are asking. Our Ameren bills in 2006, before we installed the wind turbine and first set of panels was running ca. $600/month, and proposed to increase to $800 due to a rise in rates. We are on net metering and Power Smart pricing, with a zeroing out on April 1, which ...

As indicated in my recent post for another subject, my ground mounted, two high, retiltable panels are at a 65° angle in the winter and easily cleaned with a squejee on a standard handle if the snow doesn't just slide off. Just another example of the advantage of ground mounting if space permits. -- ...

We are on the grid with Power Smart pricing and net metering. We use more electricity then most homes due to heating water for our animals (ca. 4000W of heaters, llamas, emus, ducks, chickens and guinea hens). We use our geothermal for AC, but house heat is mostly a kerosene heater as well as solar; ...

See attached for description of our solar, wind, thermal, etc. items, including costs. Also, now have a Prius Prism automobile. I note, unfortunately, Illinois no longer permits self-installers to receive RECs so relative costs of commercially installed and self-installed are much more difficult to determine; ...