My bill was €316 bimonthly at €0.31/kWh before I put in panels. Last bill covering the two sunniest months I've ever seen in Western Europe was €100 exactly, of which in excess of €50 was the standing charge that is due regardless. The remaining ~€25/mo overage is the delta of our demand and the inverter's peak output. Next purchase will be more panels; another inverter would offer only marginal gains.
Is electricity insanely expensive, or do californians use an insane amount of electricity? I just received my yearly bill in central europe, and $56k would pay for approximately 51 years, I'm having trouble reconciling the numbers.
Don't think reasonably sized house, think mansion with 6 bedrooms, a hot tub, a sauna, and a multiple EVs. With peak rates being $0.71/KWh, $1000/month is only ("only") 1400 KWh. High, but for a household of 5 adults, each with their own TV on top of everything else, it's not inconceivable. There's also a discount if you're poor, which translates to a surcharge if you're rich. A smaller household's bill is gonna be a fifth of that, closer to $200 than $1000.
To give a concrete datapoint, last month's bill was $820 for just the electricity generation and transmission (so no gas included) - that was for 1900 kWh for 1 month. That handles a 2000 sqft house with central AC, with two EV cars that are driven about 20mins/day, and we only charge those at night when the rates are low (low=$0.3/kWh)
In california, if you have AC and electric car that's 56 months.