Is your monthly electricity bill to HECO draining you and your savings? Do something about it and join the RevoluSun! Why? So your bills can look like this.
Notice the change starting in January 2011.
One year ago, our electricity bill topped $200.
And yes, one year and over $1000 ago, this month’s bill is the HECO minimum, just over $16.
Call 808-748-8888 and talk to Shane to join the RevoluSun!
Finally entered into our Net Metering Agreement with HECO to complete our overall photovoltaic system installation. While RevoluSun installed the system a while back, and it’s been working great, the Net Metering Agreement wraps up everything. Yes, typically the Net Metering Agreement kicks in after the system inspection, and as a result, we have a new electricity meter.
While this new meter can more accurately measure the amount of electricity consumed, generated, and returned to the power grid, it’s not as fun to watch as the old analog meter spinning backwards.
Can you imagine an electricity bill from HECO being only $18? I can.
Thanks RevoluSun for making us sun powered!
If you want an monthly electricity bill of $18, call 808-748-8888 and talk to Shane.
In mid-December, our home photovoltaic system installed by RevoluSun went online. Here’s what our HECO electricity consumption looks like.
That’s about half! And of course, that means our monthly bill is half of what we typically pay! Also, keep in mind the short days and abysmal weather in December and January. Remember all that rain, flash flood warnings, and overall overcast skies? Not great for sun-reliant systems, but our photovoltaic system was still able to harness the sun’s energy to reduce our HECO bill significantly. Here’s a daily log of power production from January to February.
Can you imagine what happens when the weather clears and the sun stays out longer? So what are you waiting for? Call RevoluSun at 808-748-8888, ask for Shane (or any consultant), and you can be sun powered! Savings await!
Updated my original Revolusun Sun Powered trailer with more material. Added images of the SunPower iPhone monitoring app, the wall mounted monitoring unit, weather conditions, and the washer and dryer running (and the meter was still running backwards).
PV 2 Sun Powered from Gee Why on Vimeo.
Power. I’ve got the power.
No one man should have all that power.
We joined the RevoluSun and are now Sun Powered.
Video made using iMovie ’11’s new trailer feature.
HECO power is temporarily cut off during our PV install so I’m falling back to Road Runner Mobile for Internet connectivity. Road Runner Mobile works here!
The home photovoltaic system install continues with the installation of the electrical components.
Technically, we joined the RevoluSun, but installation of our photovoltaic solar panels isn’t quite finished. Soon…
I’m on the solar bandwagon after hearing about its benefits from Wayne’s World. Getting a photovoltaic system for your home is a win-win scenario right now with the available (and generous) tax credits. In turn, you can curb or even “eliminate” your HECO electricity bill with power produced from the sun. Too good to be true? We’ll see!
First a little background on photovoltaic systems. While I knew about solar as home water heaters, I hadn’t known about solar and PV systems to generate electricity for your home. Basically, solar panels are installed on your roof, take the sun’s energy, and converts it to electricity for your home. Depending on the quantity and efficiency of the PV solar panels, you can offset your monthly HECO electricity bill or (almost) eliminate the bill altogether (HECO always has a basic charge of $18 per month). The number of solar panels depends on your electricity usage, how aggressively you want to address your bill, and the type of panels themselves and could range from 8-24+ panels for a single family home.
Yes, a PV system is very expensive up front. There’s definitely a sticker shock. But after state and federal tax credits, the net cost of what you actually pay is reasonable. Currently, installing a home PV system makes you eligible for tax credits covering about 60-66% of the overall PV system cost! So a $30,000 PV system could end up costing roughly $10,000 when all’s said and done (I make no promises with tax laws). A PV system could pay for itself in 6-8 years and from that point on, you could be making money with your electricity bill savings.
Trying to find out about photovoltaic systems installers in Hawaii isn’t the easiest thing to do online. A quick Google search lists various vendors and several renewable energy articles but not much about people’s experiences with these companies. I’ll be blogging some of my experiences to fix that. 😉
So how did I find PV companies? Through scientific research, careful analysis, and umm, asking around. WW went with Sunetric and had a great experience. Another coworker recommended Alternate Energy, and lastly I saw a bunch of signs and flags for RevoluSun.
But you gotta stay tuned for more upcoming PV posts…