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Weather Spotter · 07-24-18, 04:42 PM

In May I added a 3.5KW grid tie system to my house. I looked up how to do it myself and installed it all for $1.6 per W before the tax credit

I figure a 5.6 year Payback given MI still has full metering in my area. FYI consumers energy as of 7/23/18 said that 21% of the tier cap has been used up and 25% of tier 2. they are also not planning to submit a new rate case until late next year so in theory we have until the end of 2019 to get net metering. DTE customers have until the newly submitted rate plan is approved (
call and complain its bad) which takes 3-10 months from June.

I went through Alt E https://www.altestore.com/store/ they had the best prices and helpful sales/ design people. I would recommend calling them and they can help you design your system and racking!

i went with solar edge HD inverter and 10 350W solar world 72 cell modulus. I used iron ridge racking and it was a straight forward install.

I have caught the solar bug hard core

and am very will to talk anyone's ear off about it. I also have some design software so I can gin up ROI calcualtions and layouts.

07-24-18, 04:42 PM	#12
Weather Spotter I mod my world Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: MI Posts: 32 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Us solar In May I added a 3.5KW grid tie system to my house. I looked up how to do it myself and installed it all for $1.6 per W before the tax credit I figure a 5.6 year Payback given MI still has full metering in my area. FYI consumers energy as of 7/23/18 said that 21% of the tier cap has been used up and 25% of tier 2. they are also not planning to submit a new rate case until late next year so in theory we have until the end of 2019 to get net metering. DTE customers have until the newly submitted rate plan is approved ( call and complain its bad) which takes 3-10 months from June. I went through Alt E https://www.altestore.com/store/ they had the best prices and helpful sales/ design people. I would recommend calling them and they can help you design your system and racking! i went with solar edge HD inverter and 10 350W solar world 72 cell modulus. I used iron ridge racking and it was a straight forward install. I have caught the solar bug hard core and am very will to talk anyone's ear off about it. I also have some design software so I can gin up ROI calcualtions and layouts.