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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted above about the math not adding up.  FWIW, we have solar + batteries.  I think that the solar was a probably worthwhile investment for us, the batteries were just because we wanted them.  Honestly, the batteries were a tech splurge more than anything else - though it is nice to know that we'd have some backup power in the event of a long outage.

Agree with the posters asking about the age of your roof.  We have a brand new, south facing roof with no trees, so it's the perfect setup for solar.  Plus we're planning to stay here for 20+ years.  We probably wouldn't have made this investment with an older roof.

Would strongly recommend getting a couple of quotes, plus spend some time digging in to what that battery investment is going to do.  You might have to talk to the engineers to really understand it - we thought that some of the salesmen didn't really understand the nuances of the battery systems.  My bet is that $10k in batteries probably won't get you too much backup anyways.  We spent more than that, and only have some of our circuits on the back system - for example, we should be able to run heat in the winter, but wouldn't be able to do ac during a summer power outage (though we would have ceiling fans, refrigerator, and lights in most rooms)

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OP here.  We have had a few quotes and Tesla was the least expensive.  This was with two batteries for $22000.  After credits it goes down to $8000.  DH is an electrical engineer so I assume he knows about the battery mechanics.  Also, for those wondering, our roof is 3 years old, which is when the house was built.[/quote]

OK - you must be getting some sort of state level credits that are not available here.  Which is great for you, but it's not very helpful to post on a DC forum asking for advice, since we're not getting the same credits that you are.  Federal tax credits are 30% - applies to both the solar setup and to the batteries.[/quote]

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