On a sunny day in late March, a big switch was flipped outside of my house. Suddenly and unobtrusively, our home went from being powered by a grid-fed combination of coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar and wind, to nothing but the mighty sun. In that instant, a house which averaged around $300 per month in electric consumption — became an energy producer. […]
What we learned might help those straddling the solar fence in the Lowcountry. I won’t soapbox debate the merits of solar. I’m aware the panels only work part of the day. I realize solar is only part of the solution to the world’s energy woes, and that it might not be a choice for tree-shaded Charleston houses or apartment or condo dwellers. But for right now, according to the app on my phone, our elegant system is pumping out a hundred thousand watts per day. Most of the time, when house and car are not using all of that electricity, our panels pump excess juice back into the grid. Our electric bill — aside from Dominion’s roughly $12 per month grid and power plant maintenance fee — is zero.
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