The city of Tacoma paid “Solar Richard” Thompson $273.24 for electricity he sent back to them last year. When it comes to generating power, he has been “totally self-sufficient since 2000.”
Because he makes more energy than he uses, his electric meter actually runs backwards.
Q: What’s that big panel next to your home?
A: “It’s a 10-foot-by-11-foot solar panel, actually 18 panels, generating 2 million watt-hours per year — and it’s all made in America.”
No mention of what it cost. I’d love to do this. He says it even works by the light of the moon.