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For a long time, I have been interested in getting solar panels on my house. They can be very expensive to install, but then you get free electricity. Or I can get a deal from a solar energy company. They install the solar panels for free, but they get to keep the electricity I make and sell it back to me. So it's not exactly like I get the electricity from the solar panels on my roof. It's more like I allow an energy company to build a small solar power plant on top of my house. But, at the end of the day, I will be paying less for electricity and my energy use will have a lower impact on the environment.

Another reason I was interested in solar power would be to have electricity during a blackout. But this does not work like I'd hoped. If a storm knocks down power lines, my solar system will automatically shut off. This is for safety: if my solar panels were still sending electricity out into the power grid, it wouldn't be safe for electrical workers trying to fix things.

Getting solar panels was a very long process. The company had to take a lot of measurements, make a plan, submit the plan to the local government for approval, and do a bunch of safety inspections. I called them in early May and the solar panels didn't get installed until late July. But when they actually came out to do the installation, that part took only five hours.




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