Location: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Watts: 9,620

Monthly Production: 782 kWh

Date: November 2015

Solar energy systems, like this 37-panel one in Shrewsbury, MA, essentially reduce your electricity unit price by making you a lot of “free” energy once your system is paid off. For example, over 25 years this homeowner knows he’ll spend the equivalent of 4 cents per kWh for his solar power, compared to 14 cents per kWh from the utility.