Vickson -
I cannot really advise you directly, since I’m unfamiliar with the details of the market in New York. What I would suggest is you contact an installer who is NABCEP certified. Here’s a link to the list of such installers in New York state:
https://www.nabcep.org/nabcep-professionals/?last_name=&country=USA&state=NY&certification_type=PV
Get multiple quotes, and ask a lot of questions. Ask for references and talk to them. Take your time, this is a big investment and you want to get it right.
Good luck!
Jim
I don’t know how things work in TX, but generally if you build a home in a city area, you will be required to be tied into the local utilities. You could certainly size a PV system large enough to cover most, if not all of your usage, but you would need a storage system as well to cover night time, as well as stormy days. And you would still end up paying access fees to the utility, even if you rarely pull energy from the grid.
Designing a storage system to support you during an outage like what is going on in TX right now is a complicated process. While a home of the size you describe will likely use 35-45 kWh/day - more if you have lots of toys - in an emergency you are not going to try and power all of that, unless money is no object.
Instead, you would want to pare down to just the absolutely necessary loads: refrigerator, lights, maybe a space heater if the gas goes out.
Good luck!
Jim
Thanks for the kind words. It is hard to judge the claims without knowing your actual usage, the projected production from the proposed systems, and the relevant rate structure in play. (In other words, it is complicated, which is why we use EnergyToolbase to do those calculations for us.)
Are you on a tiered rate structure? What is the LCOE of the solar systems being proposed? If you are on a tiered rate structure, and the bottom tier is cheaper than the LCOE, then it makes no financial sense to “zero out” your bill.
Good luck. JimGoGreen8 -
I am very sorry to hear of your issues - sadly, as the comments above attest, it is not at all uncommon.
I will contact you directly.
Jim
Hi Laz –
The generator integration is not supported in the initial software rollout. Moreover, without the storage component you do not have anything to form the microgrid that can control the IQ microinverters on the roof. Best regards…
Jim