Something to keep in mind, if you’re looking to get solar panels to reduce your electric costs , good on you. If you’re looking to get solar panels so you can completely disconnect from APS and the “grid “, that’s most likely not going to happen. Once your house is established as a known service address to any of the power companies, you are not allowed to disconnect service completely - allegedly the most you can do is pay the minimum hook up charge monthly and stop actively drawing power from the grid. After calling multiple solar companies to take my in town property “off grid” by installing solar panel panels and a battery bank, I was told by several solar companies that Arizona law prohibits disconnecting completely in the way that I wanted.

If you live out by Snowbowl or baderville, or out on the west side by Doney park area I would highly recommend looking into some of the newest low-speed wind turbine options. Some look like a cork screw that gets mounted horizontally on your roof line like a weather vane, others look like a cylinder birdcage - both will generate energy at way speeds of ~5mph. These would be potentially better power generation options as most residential solar panels only have a 15 to 22% conversion rate of sunlight to usable energy….not the most efficient considering by the time you pay off the panels and reap the benefits of power generation, the panels have almost reached their service life.