Appraisers often in the dark about solar panels
Rick Way - September 10th, 2010
Al Heavens of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes about appraising homes with pv solar systems.
This steamy summer's electric bills might well have steered some of your dinner-table conversations to ideas for making the sun work for you, rather than the reverse.Continue reading the article here.
..."Lichtenfeld reports that state appraisal guidelines say the value of a property increases $20,000 for each $1,000 of annual electric savings, which in his case is about $67,000."
DC energy created by the PV panels runs into the inverter and creats an alternating current (AC). Then AC current is metered prior to heading back into the grid.
This chart shows Philadelphia averages 1600 kW-yr.
