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Me with rooftop solar
Good job! Did you get a multi-year lock on the price paid for energy you put into the grid? Or were you effected by the rate structure change? My next step is to install solar thermal to eliminate the power needed to heat our water.
I’m in California, on NEM 2.0 for 8 more years unless NEM 3 gets rescinded. I also want to switch out my water heater to eliminate most of my fossil fuel burning, but instead of solar thermal I’ve been looking at heat pump water heaters. Much easier and cheaper to install, even with having to run a 240V line across the garage. If you currently have an electric resistance water heater, going with heat pump is a drop-in replacement and uses much, much less energy.
Did you get the heat pump dryer and induction stove yet? I think there are federal rebates for all that including the water heater