Would you buy solar power if you leased to own it for cheaper then your electric bills with no money down?

Question:

Especially if you were gareenteed an immidiate decrease in your current bills by having the rent lower then the costs of grid power where you are by 10 or 20 percent? Especially if it was hassle free? Would you do other green upgrades to your house or business if it lead to lower monthly bills like this? Should companies sell there products like this, sort of like car dealerships?

Answer:
yes

Absolutely. And there are things similar in nature that are already in place. There are rebates which "green" friendly utiltiies such as PGE the one I work for. In addition there are also government rebates for things like buying hybrid cars, "greening" your home, etc.

a smart person would where I am we get alot of wind that would be good too

I'm not sure what you're leasing to own - your question is a little unclear. If you mean leasing to own a house, then I'd certainly want to do as many upgrades as I could to make my home more affordable.

As where to sell the products, I'm not sure I get THAT part at all.

yes, are you making an offer. Some companies will present the sale this way but you have to find your own financing. A good photovoltaic system keeps you on the grid and you sell your unused power back to the grid for credits you use when your system doesn't keep up. Most photovoltaic have a 6 to 10 year payoff and then you are in profit mode. That doesn't take into account the carbon credits or other positive things you'll be doing for the environment, economy and consciousness of the community.

Yes right now it would cost me 26K-30K to power my house with solar it would be nice if it was cheaper and some more incentives to get it. but still looking at a five year payoff @ approx $ 450 month

Sounds pretty good and there are currently companies doing that sort of thing now.
some companies will install panels and have you write a contract to buy the power through them at a certain below market rate. others track your energy savings and you pay them a percentage of the energy savings you saved by installing the pannels or other energy saving devices that they installed.

I have solar panels on my garage that charge 20 RV batteries in a room in my garage that I use for backup power on bad weather days. I have a 25ft radius 3 blade windmill that supplies the daily power to my house and the excess power goes back into the electric grid and the electric company pays me for it. I also had a well dug when building my home, and ran the piping through the slab before poring the concrete that has an instant heater on it. In the winter, it heats the well water to 120 degrees and pumps thru my floors suppling heat for my house. In the summer, it pumps the water thru at apprx 65 degrees cooling my house. The electric company pays me between $300-$500 per month for the electricity I generate. The systems cost me about $10,000 during building cost . During the 2 years since instanaltion, the system has almost paid for itself. After that, I will make about $8000 per year from the system. Hope this helps.

Yes if i was living alone but i am not and have to go along with what eveyone else wants in my house.
The car change would be a harder decision because i'd be effecting amerian jobs in the long run.

No. We considered it but after some discussion, we decided we didn't want someone else to have control over a piece of our property. After personal contact with another spokesman for the company, we felt that if we wanted the panels removed, or had any other request, we might have a problem with the company. Company was relatively new and we didn't know if the company had a good track record. Those would not be our brackets on the roof or our solar panels. It was to be a rental-type agreement and we would be liable for damages ourself (even if it wasn't our fault).

Give me Prefab Solar cell Modules that I link on Roof, link to Main Power Bus unit, switch in for Year round use.
& see my Power drop OR powershare from Big companies & theyre PV roofs etc.
Yes Im game.
Make modular solar cells about 20.00 a Piece.
Erect prefab modules to place on rooftop or side.
Install, link to power source & or wind mill.
Nice.
For Rural use & Suburban use.
ALL Homes, Western US, HI alone.
Wild savings.
Im In.

Sure. That would increase sales for panels and the price would drop pretty quickly.

Lonnie: YOU GO MAN!

Yes but I don't think it would be cheaper. I can opt to use wind power but I am charged and extra 10% for my energy.

Would you buy solar power if you leased to own it for cheaper then your electric bills with no money down?

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