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ng solar energy to meet your power demands does not only make you more environmentally friendly, it may actually save you money. It’s a win-win situation, but only if you’re in for long-run. Of course, it all depends on where you live since how much energy your panels can harvest, and consequently save you money, depends on constantly changing factors such as time of day, season and weather, but also geographic traits such as climate and latitude.  With this in mind,  before you decide to grab solar panels to add to your home, look at these six pros and cons of solar energy to understand some basic facts about solar energy.
 

Pro: Your Electricity Bills are Reduced Greatly

This is one of the main pros and cons of solar energy that people look at. When you use solar energy, you rely less on electric companies to give you electricity, your monthly bills go down, and you even earn a credit on your statement. Electricity companies also pay customers for using panels for their extra energy they don’t use in a month, so you make money. According to a new report by the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, backed by the SunShot Initiative, a fully financed solar PV system costs less than the energy purchased from a residential customer’s local utility in 42 of the 50 largest cities in the United States