At sunrun we know there is a better way.
Sunrun how do i know if my solar panels work.
When it s overcast your solar panels will likely operate at 10 to 25 of their rated capacity.
If you sign a ppa you commit to paying a fixed rate per kilowatt hour kwh for the electricity that your solar panels generate.
A solar panel uses an electric field which is similar to the magnetic field you might have seen attracting metallic objects to your fridge to make all the freed electrons travel to one edge of the solar panel.
This means that a photon can use its energy to knock an electron out of place letting it roam freely around inside the solar panel.
The other reason is that your solar panel system is connected to the grid via a solar inverter or grid tied solar.
If you sign a solar lease you pay a flat monthly rent to sunrun in exchange for electricity.
By generating and storing energy in our homes we can share power across neighborhoods and our entire energy system.
Since solar energy only affects the kilowatt hour part of your bill some elements will stay the same like your monthly service charge to keep duke energy s grid healthy as well as your transmission and distribution costs.
A company like sunrun puts solar panels on your roof connects them to your home and claims a tax benefit for owning the system.
But don t get stuck on this detail.
What matters is how much sun your home gets year round.
Then when your home solar system isn t producing as much electricity as you need you pull energy from the grid and use these credits to offset the cost of that energy.
This difference is called net energy metering or nem and duke energy uses it to calculate your solar bill.
When your solar panels produce more electricity than you need that energy is sent to the grid in exchange for credits.
The inverter runs to a smart meter that records the amount of energy you use and also the excess solar energy that is sent back to the utility.
In order to find this number sunrun will look at your history of electricity usage.
Now is the time to make your own energy.
Going forward you pay sunrun to provide the bulk of your.
Check your local utility to see if nem is available to you.
Like most other solar leasing companies sunrun leases and ppas are both typically 20 year agreements.
Share it with your neighbors.
Divide that number by 12 and that will equal your monthly payment for the first year.
We have been building this future for over a decade and every year it grows brighter.
