Originally Posted by Hotrocket

I dont have 1st hand knowledge, but about 3 months ago a friend of mine in sacramento had an estimate from a solar energy company to install a system for his home (a 5 brm, 3 bath, aprox 2,500 sqft, refrigerated air, no pool but with a jacuzzi spa) that would have only covered/generated about 1/2 to 2/3rds of his energy use and the price was just under 100k..they claimed a lifetime of aprox 25 years and a return on the investment in about 20yrs.
He passed...lol