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sea_dev OP t1_ja8bv6t wrote

Source: My tax returns

Tool: Google sheets

My effective tax rate was calculated by simply dividing the total amount I paid in taxes by my total income. I filed as married each year and we had kids in 2011, 2013, and 2017. My wife and I both graduated college in 2012 but she has stayed home with the kids since the first one was born. She returned to work for the last 3 months of 2022.

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bradabroad t1_ja891ig wrote

Not OP, but I've had a 12.3kw system for two months now. Electric here is $0.085/kwh and the utility buys it back for $0.027.

Why a 27kw system? That sounds huge if residential. We have 2800 finished square feet and use about 2000kwh/month and I think 12.3kw may have been overkill.

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Bobdole859 t1_ja87q2j wrote

Can you comment on the cost of elect in your area + the price the utility buys it back?

I’ve got a quote for a ~27kw system but the payback period is currently estimated at 15yrs and I just cannot rationalize that long of a pay back. How fast will yours payback do you think?

Currently looking at the ‘low hanging fruit’ to reduce my load.

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