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What
is PV(photovoltaic) and what is a MyGen system?
A PV system is a solar electric system. PV systems produce electricity
from sunlight. MyGen systems convert sunlight into utility-quality
AC power that can be used by a residence or business, or automatically
sold back to the electric utility company.
What
does a MyGen system do for me?
A MyGen system gives you security of price once you have purchased
and installed your system. For the portion of the electricity your
MyGen system provides, you will not have any price increases for
the life of the system because the source of your system's energy
is the sun.
A MyGen
system provides you with completely clean electricity unlike the
electricity that is produced from conventional energy sources such
as coal, gas, oil and nuclear powered sources. Each of those sources
produces greenhouse gases or radioactive waste, which no one has
been able to dispose of.
Purchase
of a MyGen system also represents a contribution to your community
in helping relieve the local utility of the burden of adding more
power plants. It shows you are helping provide solutions to environmental
pollution while offsetting the need to build more power plants.
How do
I know a MyGen system will work at my home?
If you own your home and if your roof or some other area on
your property has a southern exposure that is unshaded from approximately
9 or 9:30 a.m. until 4 or 4:30 p.m., then a MyGen system will work
for you.
Do I
have to have batteries to store the electricity for nighttime use?
Our system has solar modules and an inverter but no batteries.
Adding batteries to your system would mean no blackouts at your
house if a power interruption takes place.
How much
does a system cost to run?
Unlike most conventional power sources, once you install a system
there are no additional fuel costs. It just keeps on working. Every
day the sun comes up, you're generating your own "free"
electricity. No one can raise the price of sunlight! And it's the
cleanest, most reliable source of energy on earth.
What
does "net metering" or "turn the meter back"
mean?
When your system generates more electricity than you're consuming,
your electric meter will actually spin backwards. Some states have
laws that enable you to "sell" electricity back to the
power company at
the same rate it charges you. This allows you to
reduce your power bill and drive it toward zero.
What
about my electric utility? How do they fit into this?
During the day, in the off peak months like April and October,
your solar modules will be producing excess power and your meter
will spin in reverse. During the peak months, in the middle of the
air conditioning season, your net Meter system will be producing
less than you're consuming and you will use some power from the
grid.
Many States
now have passed Net Metering Laws. This means that you can now invest
in a solar electric system directly connected to the grid (power
lines) which can actually spin your meter backwards.
But since
most power companies are not required to purchase your excess solar
electric power, our company does not recommend producing more than
you use on an annual basis. The power company is happy to annualize
your bill, or provide you with 12 equal payments for all the power
you consume over the course of one year. Sizing your Net Meter system
to produce that same amount means that you will wind up with no
electricity bill at all.
How long
will it last?
Because there are no moving parts, there's little to
break down.
These systems last a long, long time. The solar modules themselves
are warranted for 25 years. They're built to handle just about anything
life can dish out.
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