Okay so we've agreed to go the way of Solar Panels. A member in my boo hoo electricity bill thread mentioned that AGL have a pay it off plan.

We've worked out based on the last bill that we use 1.06kwh daily. The AGL pay it off plan is for a 1.0kw system. Would that be sufficient or would you go bigger? I am thinking bigger but don't think the pay it off plan is an option for bigger units. We can use re-draw facility on mortgage if need be.

If we go the pay it off route, does it start feeding back from the day it's installed. I am guessing (hoping) that it is and that AGL don't wait 2 yrs till it is paid for to turn it on, or do they ? lol

Any advice greatly appreciated.

I got my solar panels in about 9 months ago. My bills were around $300 a 1/4 and I got 10 panels. I am currently getting credits every time.
To answer the question about feeding back..... you need to have the electricity company come and install the proper meter to start earning credit for extra electricity produced that you don't use. They have a time frame to do this, but in my case they did take longer than allowed (suprise, suprise) something like 8 weeks, they can't not put this meter in till you pay for it. Until this meter is installed, basically it will wind your meter backwards. So when mine first went in, during the sunniest parts of the day, and Iwasn't at home usuing anything, it would madly wind back. Then at night it would go back up again....but anything extra produced I didn't get paid for.

I did a interest free program, I assume AGL is the energy company? I purchased my panels through a private company, not the eletricity company and did an interest free plan with them.

I would go up a slightly larger system if you can afford it.

What's the price you're looking at? Have you looked around, what's the reason for going with the energy company? Shop around for the best price. My 10 panel (I think 2.2 kw) system was around $3500 after rebates but I've seen better prices than that since.

ETA Just read a few other posts.....I make 11kwh per day. You actually use more than double that, so you would need alot more panels to get a zero bill.