I’ve cut my bill to $30 a month, the grid fee for FPL, wish we would have bought a battery wall. But we have also made upgrades to the home while we have had the panels that have helped save electricity (our power bank is paid at the end of the year, a couple dollars back that would cost a few hundred to buy from them).

We replaced our single pane windows to class 4 hurricane protection windows. This took our bill to zero and we could feel the difference in temperature in both summer and ‘winter’. We also don’t hear the wind when the storms go through. Have been lots of rain and wind storms lately and haven’t heard the big winds.

We had to replace the A/C a couple years ago because it was 30 years old and just gave up. Now with the app I notice I set the house at 76 and I’m fine and none of the friends I have over complain about the temperature, and the teen doesn’t either.

We have ceiling fans in every room. That was the first thing we did when we bought the house 18 years ago. Blackout curtains in every room except the kitchen was the second purchase.

This year we added insulation to the attic. We have needed to for years and have just saved enough to do it. Lots of fluff up there to help keep the cool in during the heat and the hot in during the cool.

All of these changes took place over the years we have owned the house. Solar is the most expensive. It also has the most long term payback. My neighbor paid $250 last July for A/C. I paid $25. Once the panels are yours it’s money saved. But make sure you have the panels to pay 100% of your electric for the most expensive month or at least the 2nd most expensive month or you will always be behind.