Workers install panels on the roof of a home in Boulder. (Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post file)
Re: “Hidden costs of rooftop solar,” Oct. 9 letter to the editor.
Regarding letter-writer Bill Ray’s comment about “affluent” users of rooftop solar, we are in our late 70s and live mainly on Social Security. We live in an “all electric” community — no natural gas — so we must rely on baseboard electric heat, resulting in electric bills of $200 to $300 during winter months. (Our neighbor just installed his rooftop solar system after paying a $400 electric bill last winter.) Our solar lease costs $43 a month and without the 10.5-cent credit, our cost would be prohibitive and we would need to move.
I believe the fair solution is to keep the current credit for existing customers, and if the Public Utilities Commission must reduce the credit, then have them start with new customers, who could decide if a rooftop solar installation is feasible for them.]
Bob Rucker, Aurora
This letter was published in the Oct. 11 edition.
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