Installed System Cost -$24,000  Investment
(25 Year Warrantee)   (Energy required to make & install a PV system)
Rebate Incentive  +$16,000   -$8,000
      Year  Rate   Saving
         1     $.15   $1,020   -$6,980
         2    $.162  $1,102   -$5,878
         3    $.175  $1,190   -$4,688
         4    $.189  $1,285   -$3,403
         5    $.204  $1,388   -$2,015
         6    $.22    $1,499      -$516
         7    $.238  $1,619   +$1,103  Profit (for 2 decades)
         8    $.257  $1,748   +$2,851  Free Electricity
Energy Efficient Mortgage allows INSTANT PAYBACK
Larger, Nicer Zero Energy Design Home, with LOWER
MONTHLY PAYMENT the FIRST DAY that you move in
With PV price falling 17% / year, soon PV will be cost  effective WITHOUT rebates
  Solar America Initiative $.05/kWh
Example Photovoltaic System Payback Period
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