For an average 5 kilowatt rooftop solar system the fee results in an additional 300 charge per year or approximately 9 000 over the.
Monthly fee solar panels.
While that doesn t sound like a lot of money.
The psc also approved alabama power s request to increase the fee from 5 per kilowatt per month to 5 41 per kilowatt per month.
The utility has been charging a 5 per kilowatt monthly fee.
That amounts to a.
Subscribing to solar allows customers to go solar without the higher upfront costs of purchasing a solar panel system.
The average solar panel setup for a home costs about 10 000 according to the.
That s 20 a month thorne says.
The fee is based on the size of the solar system so a five kilowatt system would have a monthly fee of 25.
Demand fees can sometimes run to nearly 100 per month and wipe out most of solar system s savings.
Our subscriptions are priced regionally to reduce the average utility bill by more than the subscription s monthly payment meaning you can start saving immediately.
Evergy officials say the demand charge is equitable because non solar customers in the company s.