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Electric Costs Across the USA
Electric Costs Across the USA This map helps to show how the Northeast has some of the highest costs per kWh across the USA. Solar Solutions for New Jersey, New York, and Eastern...
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Does My Electric Meter Really Spin Backwards?
Between the time the solar system is installed and your utility company replaces your old single direction meter with a new bi-directional meter it is possible to see your meter spin backwards. This will happen during periods of time where the solar system...
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What Does a Solar 3D Design Look Like
Our team has designed every imaginable solar configuration out there. We thought it would be good for you to see what a 3D Solar Design looks like for some of the thousands of designs our team has completed. What we do is take a look at the satellite...
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How Solar Works
How Solar Works Here is a very easy diagram on how solar works on your home. Solar Solutions for New Jersey, New York, and Eastern Pennsylvania
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Optimal Orientation
Properties with good solar potential have the following things in common: They have plenty of roof or ground space that can be used for array(s) There is very little shade (few trees or neighboring buildings) Ideally, the space available for arrays is...
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Demand Charges & Commercial Effective kWh Rate
We’ve previously posted about demand rates and solar value. In this post we dissect a real commercial electric bill to illustrate how demand-based billing affects the apparent cost of electrical energy. This is perhaps the single most important element of...
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Demand Rates & Solar Value
Electric billing schedules for commercial sites typically have a demand component based on how fast energy is imported from the utility. Lets take a closer look at Demand Rates & Solar Value - what demand rates are, and what affect they have on the solar...
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NPOs and Solar
Solar would appear to be a perfect fit for NPOs as they typically strive for low operating expenses and work with limited funding. However, the fact is that its more complicated for an NPO to get solar than a for-profit business. Lets take a look at why...
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How to Read an Electric Utility Bill (Residential) – Part 2
This is part one in a two part series on how to read residential electric bills. For part 1, click here. What are all these fees & charges? The account summary of charges on an electric utility bill contains a list of items with varying rates and cost per...
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How to Read an Electric Utility Bill (Residential) – Part 1
This is part one in a two part series on how to read residential electric bills. For part 2, click here. What do you pay? It seems logical that the best way to determine your household's monthly electric usage and cost of energy is to simply read your...
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