Take charge now and eliminate or significantly reduce your electricity bill with solar energy
We get contacted all the time by homeowners, farmers and business owners with varying motivations for going solar. Some people want to do it for environmental reasons, some want to be independent from the grid and others have economic interests and most people want all of the above. This is one solution that truly ticks all of these boxes and the reasons for NOT converting to electrifying your property are diminishing with every passing day. The answer is simple: if you’ve got sun, go solar.
There are a few key pieces of information we need to determine if your property has good potential for shifting to solar:
- Does your roof or land have good southern and unshaded exposure to the sun?
- If you want a rooftop system, is your roof in good shape and won’t be needing to be redone in the next 10 years or more?
- What is your annual hydro consumption in kilowatt hours?
- Do you have inefficient appliances and lighting that can easily be upgraded and retrofitted? Energy efficient equipment and controls can greatly reduce your consumption and you may not need as large a solar system. Looking around your property for items that are wasting power and fixing these issues first are far more cost effective than adding additional solar panels to supply power to these wasteful loads.
- Are you planning on adding equipment to your home that may increase your energy consumption? Example: electric car, hot tub, pool, etc.
Having this information handy is the starting point for the conversation with us to assess the viability of your solar project.
Solar Energy can help eliminate your hydro bill
Going solar can eliminate your hydro bill completely (except for your monthly account fee) or dramatically reduce it. Sizing the appropriate solar system for your home or business depends on a few different factors and these include how much energy you currently consume, cost-effective efficiencies that we can identify
to lower your consumption then designing the must suitable system to meet your needs.
to lower your consumption then designing the must suitable system to meet your needs.
Solar Energy & Net Metering
The Net Metering program is available to anyone who generates electricity primarily for their own use from a renewable energy source (wind, water, solar radiation or agricultural biomass). Systems that are 10 kW or less are typically large enough to power most homes and small businesses but there are many factors that we need to take into consideration during the design stage.
Net Metering uses Solar Energy
Net metering allows you to send electricity generated from your solar system to the distribution system as a credit then drawing on the credits when no power is being produced. Any excess power works as a credit towards your electricity costs. Excess generation credits can be carried forward for up to 11 months including the 11th month, to offset future electricity costs.
Electricity consumers in Ontario who produce some of their own power from a renewable resource can take advantage of the “net metering” initiative. Net metering allows you to send excess electricity you generate from renewable resources to the distribution system. This will appear as a credit toward your energy costs. In essence, it’s a “trade” of electricity you supply against electricity you consume.
How does Net Metering Work with Solar Energy
Once you’re connected to the distribution system, your local distribution company (LDC) will install a bidirectional meter and continue to read your meter. The amount of electricity you’ve supplied to the grid versus the amount of electricity that you’ve consumed from the grid is subtracted and what you’ll see on your bill is the “net” difference between these two amounts. If you supply more power than what you take from the grid over the billing cycle, you’ll receive a credit toward future energy bills. The credit can be carried forward for up to 11 months.
Eligibility criteria include, but are not limited to:
- You must generate electricity primarily for your own use; and
- The electricity must be generated solely from a renewable resource (wind, water, solar energy or biomass).
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