Residential
solar energy systems are helping the environment on a local level
and are becoming more and more accessible. As solar power technology
improves efficiency, prices become less prohibitive. Local, state
and federal governments also advance the cause by legislating smarter
energy policies. Rebates and tax incentives assist homeowners to make
the transition.
In other residential solar energy news, there is even a company that
advertises renting a solar power system. Under this rental system,
you pay the rental company the same rate per kilowatt hour you once
paid the utility company. The company then locks in that rate and
guarantees it for up to 25 years.
The rental company then rents you the panels and components and handles
the installation. Net-metering laws make this arrangement possible
and since there only 9 states left in the U.S. that haven’t
crafted net-metering laws – this method of generating residential
solar energy could work almost anywhere!