Residential Solar Use Up With CPS Rebate, Tax Credit

She has been interested in using solar energy for her house for many years, but with the ice and snow in Massachusetts, where she lived at the time, she was hesitant to invest.

When Graham moved to San Antonio last year, she decided to install a rooftop solar panel when she learned that CPS Energy offered a rebate.

She is also eligible for a federal tax credit for solar power.

\"Without a tax credit, I might think twice,\" Graham said . \".

\"This package is too good to resist.

Graham\'s system costs $23,000, but the final cost of the solar system has been reduced by more than half through CPS tax rebates and tax credits.

While the cost of roof solar installations has fallen, these systems are still expensive, and returns can take years even with rebates and tax credits.

In addition, because the CPS electricity price is relatively low at 9 points.

7 cents per kilowatt

An hour later, the power to buy solar energy to deduct a little from the electricity bill is less.

Still, prices are slowly falling due to more competition and lower material costs.

In addition, regular home buyers can get more solar power through bulk builders, such as now using discounted solar packages as an optional upgrade for their \"net zero\" homes.

But solar energy owners say they are happy that they spend money to increase solar energy because it helps to reduce their utility costs, increase the value of their families, and is an socially responsible option for generating electricity

Saving electricity bills every month is \"like getting a dividend,\" Graham said \".

\"It\'s a good investment and it\'s good for the environment.

\"According to the city\'s data, the number of CPS rebates for residential solar installations jumped to 259 in fiscal 2011, compared with 137 in the previous year, an increase of 89%owned utility.

So far, fiscal 2013, which began in February.

98 new solar owners received kickbacks, CPS said.

CPS\'s director of customer solutions and delivery says CPS is one of the state\'s most powerful rebate projects.

Residential solar energy is \"very important,\" Stanton said \".

While CPS is now more focused on bringing business-

The company is also trying to attract solar makers into the city to promote solar energy to San Antonio.

\"We think solar energy will be used for residential and commercial use,\" he said . \".

\"We expect panel prices from local manufacturers to drop.

CPS data show that the price of residential solar energy has been declining.

According to CPS, the average size of solar installations in the San Antonio area has been 6 in the past five months.

The installation price is 30,446 of $87 KW.

After a $11,816 rebate from utilities, the balance was $18,630.

Buyers are also eligible for a $ 30% federal tax credit that $5,589 can be used for the balance, bringing the total cost of the system to $13,041.

When CPS started offering rebates in 2008, the cost of a residential solar system was $7.

64 watts before rebate.

The cost dropped to $5.

Fiscal 2011 and 56 since February.

The cost has dropped to $4 this year.

CPS says 43 watts per watt.

San Antonio\'s recent average cost is well below the national average of $6.

According to the data, 87 watts per watt in 2011.

One reason for the cost drop is that \"as more and more solar installers are more competitive, we see a drop in material costs,\" Stanton said . \".

\"This is the idea of putting kickbacks in place.

The executive director of Solar San Antonio, a non-profit solar advocacy group, added that due to the rapid growth of the industry, \"The market for solar panels is extremely competitive and prices are falling, everyone is doing everything they can to get the price down.

He believes the cost of solar energy will continue to decline.

In addition, technology is improving and panel efficiency is improving.

\"As quality improves, you need less and save labor costs,\" Sinkin said . \".

With the advancement of technology, there are more and more options for potential buyers, including the Dow power station solar tile, a sector of which is more expensive than the traditional roof solar.

Dow\'s solar tile is flat, much like a normal tile, but looks shiny.

Dow said in a statement that the company\'s technology combines roof tiles with solar cells and is installed by roof workers.

After the installation is completed, the certified electrician connects the system to the inverter, and the energy generated by the solar tile helps offset the energy cost of the home.

The president of San Antonio has installed traditional solar roof panels in his business.

But when his company helped them in one of Katie\'s houses, he was impressed with Dow muwa.

When he got a claim check for damage from the roof hail from the insurance company, rose chose the Sun tile.

Ross can monitor the output of the system from his computer.

Ross said the system was installed for less than 10 days, \"it (was)

Tell me I saved $38. 19 so far.

The cost of electricity will only rise, says Ross.

If CPS ends up getting into a tiered pricing system by charging more for electricity at a time when demand is strong, \"I think you\'ll see solar really erupting,\" Ross said . \".

\"This is because when you use the most power, the solar energy is producing the most.

\"As more and more residential builders offer solar energy as an option, including KB home, the use of solar energy may increase.

A spokesman for the company said mass manufacturers like KB Home now offer solar signals \"a turning point in the market \".

Solar energy, she said, has \"shifted from focusing on environmental cleaning to saving and efficiency \".

KB Home built a 1,647-square-

Walking \"net zero\" model house with $23,000 solar roof system, La Fontana development near American CrossroadsS.

281 Evans Road

Teague said that after the CPS rebate, if it is a renovation of the existing house, a similar system will cost $34,000.

CPS rebates to solar installers.

Tiger said that so far, no buyers have bought Net Zero houses from KB Home, but the company is now building three homes in San Antonio for buyers who choose to add rooftop solar energy.

KB Home requires buyers to pre-pay 50% of the cost of the solar system, but they can put the rest into a mortgage if they want, she said.

The rebate from CPS was given to the solar supplier.

Partner in San Antonio

The headquarters said about 15 buyers, about 5% of the buyers who bought the house from his company, invested in rooftop solar energy.

Imagine providing roof solar energy for the first time about 31/2 years ago.

Imagine that the house built under the green building project in San Antonio has just broken ground on the Willis Ranch development project, located in East Borgfeld Drive and Bulverde near the United StatesS.

281, one of the 50 roofs will be 1. 44-

If the buyer wants, it is possible to extend the solar tile system of the kilowatt-way power station.

Friesenhahn said, imagine that we are adding solar Watts because \"I think renewable energy is the next standard feature that we will see in the home.

Tao Shiwa is a good choice, he says, because there are still people who don\'t like the look of the rackand-

Solar panels.

He added: \"We want to expand if the response is good (solar shingles)

Our other communities.

Now, even in a highly restrictive community, it is easier to install solar panels on the House.

Last year, the Texas state legislature passed a law stipulating that HOAs and historic neighborhoods must allow the use of solar panels to a certain extent.

HOA or area may limit solar panels that extend above the roof or do not conform to the shape of the roof.

Shelby Ralph, vice president of sales at Austin-

Solar community LLC predicts that solar panels will be pushed forward by providing more watts per square foot.

\"It will be a more comprehensive thing in the architectural phrases, even in the transformation,\" he said . \".