After routinely paying monthly electric bills of as much as $200, Jerry and Elli Million were more than happy to flaunt their most recent charge for a month’s consumption: $13.
According to Tampa Bay online, the Sebring, Florida couple has a home almost entirely sustained by solar power. Two solar panels that prepare the home’s hot water were installed 15 years ago and their hot water supply has never depleted, nor has it lost its heat. A local company installed 22 panels on the rear of the roof in June 2009. And they have plans to install 12 more.
"It was such a good deal, I think," Jerry Million said of the hot water panels that cost $650 apiece when he bought them. "They pay for themselves every three years."
When the panels generate electricity, the home’s electric meter pushes backward. When the home consumes electricity, the meter runs forward. Their monthly bill is the difference of the two. They believe the 12 state-of-the-art panels they plan to install will be so modern and efficient that they might even be able to make money off solar power.
"My thinking was, quite honestly, we're getting to run out of oil and it won't be too many years and then what the heck is mankind going to do?" said Jerry.
According to Tampa Bay online, the Sebring, Florida couple has a home almost entirely sustained by solar power. Two solar panels that prepare the home’s hot water were installed 15 years ago and their hot water supply has never depleted, nor has it lost its heat. A local company installed 22 panels on the rear of the roof in June 2009. And they have plans to install 12 more.
"It was such a good deal, I think," Jerry Million said of the hot water panels that cost $650 apiece when he bought them. "They pay for themselves every three years."
When the panels generate electricity, the home’s electric meter pushes backward. When the home consumes electricity, the meter runs forward. Their monthly bill is the difference of the two. They believe the 12 state-of-the-art panels they plan to install will be so modern and efficient that they might even be able to make money off solar power.
"My thinking was, quite honestly, we're getting to run out of oil and it won't be too many years and then what the heck is mankind going to do?" said Jerry.
