{"id":19430,"date":"2013-12-03T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=314026"},"modified":"2013-12-03T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:30:56","slug":"going-solar-can-save-you-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/going-solar-can-save-you-big-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Solar Can Save You Big Time"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/feech-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"feech\"><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the natural concerns that accompany most changes, a five-figure price tag is oftentimes what unnerves people about <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2013\/11\/25\/solar-growth-explodes-october\/\" target=\"_blank\">going solar<\/a>. Such a number presents it as a sizable investment&mdash;which it is&ndash;but doesn&#8217;t immediately reveal the savings when compared to other forms of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a href=\"http:\/\/costofsolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cost of Solar<\/a>, an online energy resource and national network of solar installers, <a href=\"http:\/\/costofsolar.com\/cost-of-solar-panels-10-charts-tell-you-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated solar expenditures<\/a> for all states as well as potential savings over a month and the long term. The national average cost is $17,056, but as Cost of Solar points out, the renewable form of energy is available for less than $10,000 in a handful of states. That&#8217;s not counting local, state and federal incentives that might be available.<\/p>\n<h3>How Much Solar Costs in Your State<\/h3>\n[caption id=\"attachment_314029\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"711\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-Much.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic credit: Cost of Solar\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-Much.png\" width=\"711\" height=\"373\"><\/a> Graphic credit: Cost of Solar[\/caption]\n<p>Solar users in 10 states are saving $100 or more each month when compared to old utility bills. Most of the country saves between $50 to $99.<\/p>\n<h3>What You Could Save Each Month<\/h3>\n[caption id=\"attachment_314033\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"703\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Every-month.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic credit: Cost of Solar\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Every-month.png\" width=\"703\" height=\"354\"><\/a> Graphic credit: Cost of Solar[\/caption]\n<p>Glenn Cucinell, solar division manager at Encon Solar Energy Division, had a much <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2013\/12\/02\/solar-installations-soar-in-first-two-years-of-connecticuts-unique-financing-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">higher overall estimate<\/a> for Connecticut than Cost of Solar&mdash;$24,000, compared to $15,010&mdash;but said a mix of incentives in that state could drive the cost all the way down to $8,000.<\/p>\n<p>Even some of the states with lower electricity rates would produce significant savings over time.<\/p>\n<h3>What You Could Save Over 20 Years<\/h3>\n[caption id=\"attachment_314034\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"710\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Over-20-years.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic credit: Cost of Solar\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Over-20-years.png\" width=\"710\" height=\"358\"><\/a> Graphic credit: Cost of Solar[\/caption]\n<p>&#8220;What would you do with an extra $20,000,&#8221; Cost of Solar asks in its blog post. &#8220;That&#8217;s how much the average solar system will save you over 20 years. Residents in some states with electricity prices can expect to save much more than that&mdash;consider Hawaii, where residents save, on average, $64,000 after 20 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit EcoWatch&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/renewable-business\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>RENEWABLES<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oi.vresp.com\/?fid=00b11039e0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner121\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/topnewsbanner1211.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[2892,12198,2913],"class_list":["post-19430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-business","tag-featured-business","tag-renewables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}