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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the issue for those who say no?[/quote]

Solar is hideous. I’d never buy a house with solar. [/quote]

Even if it generated $2k/year in electricity savings?  And if you owned them, probably $6k/year in SRECs (in DC)?  I'll take $8k/year for something that is "hideous"!  [/quote]

If it’s a rowhome, it’s likely a flat roof so no one except a helicopter will even know they’re there…[/quote]

Yup- I was looking at the satellite view of our home the other day and realized how many homes on the surrounding streets have panels- they can't be seen from the street/sidewalk and only barely at a specific distance/angle from the alleys.[/quote]

The math works out that if you didn't get solar panels on a DC rowhome with a flat roof circa 2019 you were either financially illiterate or il-liquid. We make 4k/year in SREC off ours and they cost 12K after tax credits to be installed then. You can't see them from the street, they prolong the life of the underlying roof (no more UV damage), they don't penetrate the roof (installed on the party walls), are installed in like 4 hours flat, can be easily upgraded to a battery-backup, and make financial sense as long as the SREC program exists. Essentially makes our total utility cost zero (complete offsets, water, internet, TV, natural gas, and car gas).

If the grid ever becomes unstable, we'll buy a battery.[/quote]

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