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Buy simply comparing your bill with how much you generate is not very useful. You have to know when you used that power, and whether or not the sun was shining at that time of the day.

You need to know if your local utility will even pay you for the power you generate that you don't use.

If you are out of the house for most of the day, you probably don't use much power then. When you get home at night you turn all your devices on and start cooking and cleaning.



Net metering or battery can timeshift the energy usage.




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