Soon after installing the photovoltaic system, you will start saving electricity and you will already feel the difference on your next electricity bill. You will generate most of your energy needs and will use less energy from the electrical grid.
In addition to reducing your electricity bill, you can find energy credits on your next bill. Any solar energy generated that is not consumed will be recorded by a bidirectional electronic meter, generating energy credits.
The energy credits will appear on your next electricity bill and will be deducted from the total amount you owe. Depending on the size of the photovoltaic system installed, you may have a savings that can be almost 100% on your electricity bill.
The savings won't be 100% (but it can be very close to that), because even if you generate all your energy with a solar system, you still pay a small fee to the electricity distributor. For some residential consumers, this small fee corresponds to a minimum consumption of 50 kWh (around R$35 to R$50), depending on the city you are in).
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See below an example of an electricity bill before and another after the installation of the photovoltaic system.
Before:
- Power consumption was high
- The energy consumed in July was 800 kWh
- Invoice payable: R$420
After:
- The reduction in consumption was already noticed in the month following installation
- In the month shown, consumption was only 180 kWh
- There was a surplus of 70 kWh in the month (energy that was generated by the solar system but was not consumed)
- There were 20 kWh credits (from energy generated and not consumed from the previous month)
- Invoice payable: R$35
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Answers of 4
Hello……
Yes, unfortunately in Brazil and so on…
We are obliged to pay this minimum rate because it is energy from the street that we have.
And still in some states of Brazil, depending on which energy concessionaire, they do not release the ICMS... because with the solar system they would not earn any more money from the people, for this reason, in addition to the public lighting fee that you have to pay, in some states the ICMS is also discounted... because otherwise the big thieves would not earn any more money.
Does this mean that we have to pay a minimum fee to the distributor, because there is no way to disconnect from it? Should I install a solar at home?
Hello everything is fine? Yes, we have a maintenance fee that varies according to the type of installation of your residence, which, for single-phase installations is one value, two-phase another and three-phase another. This value varies from dealership to dealership.
Hi, I'm going to start generating my own energy soon, I'm loving the idea.
that soon I will stop taking a value
Absurd to use my air conditioning
without worrying about the colors of the flags that they have to pay at the end of the
month not to mention that the environment
Thanks,
Should have purchased it more than 10 years ago
ago when they first offered it to me but it's never too late to put the idea into practice.