Congregation Or Chadash is committed to the practice of Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World). One small contribution is our Solar Panels; here are some fun facts:
- Our system produces roughly 96% of our CURRENT site usage
- That equates to 107,190 kWh
- In the past year we paid $0.1441/kWh to TEP for that energy, or approximately $15,446
- That number only increases as TEP’s rates increase
- With the solar system we are paying $0.1225/kWh to TCC (leasing company) for the same amount of energy, or a total of $13,452
- That solar rate is FIXED for the life of the system
- We pay 1.86 cents (or 12.9%) LESS for solar power than TEP power,
- So, we are currently saving about $2,000 off our TEP bill because our system is producing power at a lower cost than what we were paying TEP.
- That savings will grow as TEP’s rates increase and there is an anticipated increase due before the end of the year
- The system is trued up at the end of each year of production and we anticipate a rebate of approximately $2000.
