I’m going solar

[Jim Koepke]

In Texas our State Gubment outlawed selling 'lectricity back to the utility a few years ago, so I don't know where that's coming from. With a 5000sf house here in South Texas, up towards $800/mo doesn't sound implausible during the summer months (i.e. half the year.) We looked into solar, but the initial investment was so high that I threw people out. "You come back, FIVE years. No roof for you." It's gonna come down. In the meantime, there are other ways to save on power.

That may have changed Doug:

While Texas doesn’t have a statewide solar tax credit or solar rebate program, many utilities (large and small) and local governments offer incentives to homeowners who want to go solar. Here are some examples:

Austin Energy: If you live in Austin, you can get a rebate of $2,500. Plus, you’re eligible for Austin Energy’s Value of Solar Tariff, which pays you $0.097 for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) your solar panels can generate.

This is from > https://www.energysage.com/solar-pan...incentives/tx/

If the last two letters of the link are changed, say > https://www.energysage.com/solar-pan...incentives/fl/

It will give a similar page for > fl < or Florida or which ever state you choose.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

We were registered as a power supply company and for some unknown reason, we still receive some kind of dividend check even though we haven't lived there for over 3 years.

You may not live there, but you may still be listed as an interest holder in the power supply company. Thus when it earns money, you get a dividend. This is possibly a little bit of chattel attached to a property that wasn't conveyed when the property changed ownership.

This could be a way of creating income without owning the property if one wanted to buy properties, install solar equipment, flip the property but retain the solar payoff.

jtk