Yes, I'm grid tied and will have no power if we lose power. I'd like to have a battery system, but that adds cost and complexity, especially to a grid-tied system. Talking to the electrician, he says Yakima County would make be build a special room ("explosive proof", but I'm not exactly sure of their definition) for the batteries as well. Batteries also require maintenance, and I know I'm lazy, so I'm not sure how that would work out. I'm going to be keeping an eye on the Tesla Power Wall and similar technology and that may be a way to go in the future. My goal would be to totally disconnect from the grid... but I can't do that until the system is paid for using all the available credits.Cobra wrote:the tax credits and rebate are great for the solar market and have help reduce the prices of components considerably. I've just finished a solar training course and plan to install solar sooner or later. Net metering is looking like the way to go here in ontario just like your system. Did they add any battery backup to the system? when they come back ask them what happens when the grid goes down? how many kilowatts is the system i didn't see you say.
The system is an 18,720 watt system with a yearly KWH production estimated at 27,893.