If you’re a homeowner who harnesses our warm Houston sunshine, you can revel in solar power’s five perks (six if you include the bragging rights).
1. Less Dependence on Utility Companies
When you harness solar power, you use less energy from utility companies. Solar panels may not provide all the energy you require. Still, they offer a significant amount and lessen the likelihood that you’ll suffer a complete loss of power during blackouts or brownouts.
Common sense tells you that reduced fossil fuel use reduces your utility bills; however, it could also put spare cash into your pocket. If solar power produces more energy than you use, Houston utility companies could buy the extra power from you. You win twice over.
2. Cash Incentive
Who doesn’t like tax credits? The government at federal and state levels wants you to reduce your use of fossil fuels, so they offer incentives in the form of tax credits that offset the initial cost of turning your home into a solar power dynamo.
3. Earth Wears a Smiley Face
By veering away from fossil fuels, you can consign carbon, methane, and particulate emissions to the fantasy realm of bogeymen or monsters under a bed. Perhaps that’s stretching the truth with a lovely little dream, but solar power does not create those nightmarish emissions. We might never do away fully with fossil fuels, but we can reduce the harmful products released into the atmosphere by using solar power whenever possible.
4. A New Job Market
Thus far, channeling the sun’s energy has created a steadily growing job market for U.S. workers. The Department of Energy forecasts that this field will employ more than 250,000 Americans by 2030. A workforce of a quarter million people should have a decidedly positive impact on the country’s economy.
5. Escape Cross-Border Energy Purchases
Currently, the U.S. has shaky—if not downright hostile—relationships with countries supplying fossil fuels. By harnessing the abundant sunshine in our country, we reduce our dependence on other countries and escape geopolitical fuss. Imagine the security stemming from the collection of energy within our borders.
Would you like to join the group of Houston, homeowners who enjoy the bragging rights of utilizing solar power? Get started by calling us at ABC Home & Commercial Services. We’ll get you started, but be cautious about how much you brag. Copious boasting could cause your dinner parties to suffer.