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2close2trouble t1_j64xfmz wrote

My wife did the same with a community solar salesmen. I was livid. We'll see how that pans out when it takes effect.

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NotYou007 t1_j67yvf0 wrote

Coummunity solar is not a scam. I've been using it for over a year with PowerMarket. It will save you money but you also have to be aware that you will end up with a larger power bill in the summer as the solar farm generates more power and you get billed for the portion you generate. Granted the unused portion gets rolled into a bank but you are paying for those banked credits in advanced.

My largest bill last year for the summer was $251.60 after the 15% savings was applied but my bill for this month with PowerMarket is only $78.51 and I owed CMP $13.73 even though I used just a tad over 1300 kWhs. My banked credits covered the 1300 but again, I paid in advance for them during the summer months.

I will be contacting PowerMarket and asking them to adjust my generation amount so it never goes over 750 kWh per billing cycle as I don't want to get stuck with a bill for around $325 during the summer.

It takes awhile to figure things out and I'm going to have PowerMarket adjust my allocated amount to no more than 750 kWh's per billing cycle.

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pancakethief t1_j66b28a wrote

What's the problem with community solar? We had some salespeople come to our door, should I not sign up?

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NotYou007 t1_j67yy99 wrote

There is nothing wrong with community solar. Been using it for over a year but see the info above. There is a learning curve but it does save you money. I saved close to $300 in my first year.

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