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25-Year Energy Cost Analyzer

Enter your customer's current monthly bill to see exactly how much they will spend on electricity over the next 25 years, and what switching to solar saves them, with real inflation and AI-driven demand increases factored in.

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No rebate selected. Using the full installed cost. Check your state and local utility for available rebate programs - many offer significant savings.
Net Metering Policy Select the customer's location - this significantly affects solar savings
Location not specified. The projection will calculate based on your monthly bill offset only, with no export credit applied. Select a location above for a more accurate savings estimate, or contact Solar Alternatives to confirm the net metering policy for your customer's specific utility.
Orleans Parish - Full Net Metering (Best Case)
Customers served by Entergy New Orleans get true 1-for-1 net metering. Every kWh of solar power sent to the grid earns a full retail credit - currently around 13c/kWh. This means solar effectively turns back the meter, and excess production in sunny months fully offsets bills in cloudy months. This is one of the most favorable net metering policies in Louisiana and makes solar highly cost-effective.
Most of Louisiana and Gulf Coast States - Net Billing + Evening Usage Impact
Customers outside Orleans Parish (Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Bernard, and all Entergy Louisiana parishes, plus most of Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast) face two compounding challenges:

1. Low export rate: Power sent to the grid earns only ~3c/kWh - about one quarter of the retail buy-back rate.

2. Evening usage pattern: Most Louisiana households run heavy loads - AC, cooking, laundry - in the evening when solar is not producing. Daytime production gets exported at 3c instead of offsetting a full-price bill.

Combined result: ROI is reduced by approximately one third vs. ideal conditions. This projection applies that real-world penalty automatically. It can be partially recovered through best practices (run laundry, dishwasher, and appliances during peak sun hours 9am-3pm), or fully recovered by adding a home battery storage system.
Solar Production Estimate: Enter the system's expected monthly production to calculate export credits. We assume production covers the customer's usage first, with any surplus exported to the grid.
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Utility Cost - 25 Years
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Monthly bill rises to - by Year 25
Solar Net Cost
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Total 25-Year Savings
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Net Metering Impact

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Export Credit Rate
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Est. Annual Impact
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25-Year Impact
Bill Explosion vs. Solar - 25-Year Animated View

Watch your customer's utility costs compound year after year - standard inflation plus surging AI and data center demand - versus the locked-in flat cost of solar. Every dollar past the crossover point is pure savings.

Cumulative Utility Spend
Solar Net Cost (fixed)
Monthly Bill Escalation

Why Utility Costs Keep Rising - The Real Drivers

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U.S. electricity prices have risen over 50% since 2003 and the pace is accelerating with AI infrastructure buildout.
+160%
Data center power demand projected to surge 160% by 2030, competing directly for the same grid capacity your customer pays into every month.
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AI and data center demand spike added on top of standard utility inflation in this projection.
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Projected increase in this customer's monthly bill by Year 10 with zero change in how much energy they actually use.

What Solar Locks In For This Customer

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25yr Utility Cost
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Net Solar Cost
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Total Savings
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Return on Investment
Detailed 25-Year Breakdown
Year Monthly Bill Annual Utility Cumulative Utility Solar Net Cost Running Savings
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