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Originally Posted by #-3
So you did still pay the fees, but your system is 'overbuilt' for your consumption on that months bill, so you actually received a credit.
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The delivery fees have fixed and variable components. If you never pulled from the grid at all, but were still attached with a meter, you'd still have a roughly $20-30 bill each month depending on where you live. The variable sides of those costs will come down significantly on your bill due to the Solar production.
You'd also have the credits from any excess that you are selling back to the grid. In the over production months you'd get the benefit with Solar Club of selling the excess back at $0.30/kWh. In the lower generation months, you're only selling back your excess at the fixed rate (Unfortunately you can't charge back the delivery fees), so it's actually most economic in those non Solar Club months to change your energy habits and use the electricity produced, even before selling back to the grid since those credits will only offset your on grid consumption but not your delivery. Starting to run high volume appliances during the daylight production hours makes a big difference in the overall return, if you can run your dishwasher, washer and dryer, etc... during the production hours you're going to see a bigger benefit on your bill rather than selling back for a credit.