At CORVUS PRO SOLAR, our goal is to make this process as transparent and “easy” as possible, a sentiment echoed by many of your neighbors in our 4.9 star Google Reviews.
Your system at a glance
30 panels, 13.8 kW, producing about 19,543 kWh a year.
Your actual roof layout from the design team.
What you pay every month, for 25 years
Orange is Tri-County Electric Cooperative, climbing 7.5% a year. Green is your loan payment, which is fixed and never rises. Your payment starts higher than your current bill, and the power bill passes it in year 16. From there the gap is money you keep.
Your system
Where this lands
A loan is a fixed payment, so the early years cost more than staying with the utility. Your power bill passes your loan payment in year 16. Across the full 25 years the scheduled payments still come to $1,187 more than staying with the utility, so it is the $16,411 of Illinois SRECs paid to you that puts you ahead overall.
Year by year
Your first five years, with all 25 a click away. Tri-County Electric Cooperative escalated 7.5% a year, starting from $212 a month. The loan payment is fixed at $437.01 for the first 36 months, then $599.45 for the remainder of the term.
| Year | Tri-County Electric Cooperative | Solar | Saved / mo | Saved / yr | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $212 | $437 | $-225 | $-2,702 | $-2,702 |
| 2 | $228 | $437 | $-209 | $-2,511 | $-5,214 |
| 3 | $245 | $437 | $-192 | $-2,307 | $-7,520 |
| 4 | $263 | $599 | $-336 | $-4,035 | $-11,556 |
| 5 | $283 | $599 | $-317 | $-3,799 | $-15,354 |
| 25 yr | $172,800 | $173,987 | $-1,187 | $-1,187 | |
| Illinois SRECs paid to you | $16,411 | $16,411 | |||
| Total 25-year savings | $15,223 | $15,223 | |||
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| Year | Tri-County Electric Cooperative | Solar | Saved / mo | Saved / yr | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | $304 | $599 | $-295 | $-3,544 | $-18,898 |
| 7 | $327 | $599 | $-273 | $-3,270 | $-22,169 |
| 8 | $351 | $599 | $-248 | $-2,976 | $-25,145 |
| 9 | $378 | $599 | $-222 | $-2,660 | $-27,804 |
| 10 | $406 | $599 | $-193 | $-2,320 | $-30,124 |
| 11 | $437 | $599 | $-163 | $-1,954 | $-32,079 |
| 12 | $469 | $599 | $-130 | $-1,561 | $-33,640 |
| 13 | $505 | $599 | $-95 | $-1,139 | $-34,779 |
| 14 | $542 | $599 | $-57 | $-685 | $-35,464 |
| 15 | $583 | $599 | $-16 | $-197 | $-35,660 |
| 16 | $627 | $599 | $27 | $328 | $-35,332 |
| 17 | $674 | $599 | $74 | $892 | $-34,440 |
| 18 | $724 | $599 | $125 | $1,499 | $-32,941 |
| 19 | $779 | $599 | $179 | $2,150 | $-30,791 |
| 20 | $837 | $599 | $238 | $2,851 | $-27,940 |
| 21 | $900 | $599 | $300 | $3,605 | $-24,335 |
| 22 | $967 | $599 | $368 | $4,414 | $-19,921 |
| 23 | $1,040 | $599 | $440 | $5,285 | $-14,635 |
| 24 | $1,118 | $599 | $518 | $6,221 | $-8,414 |
| 25 | $1,202 | $599 | $602 | $7,227 | $-1,187 |
The fine print
- What this compares. Your current average power bill of $212 a month against your solar loan payment over 25 years. The utility is escalated at 7.5% per year. The loan payment does not escalate, it is fixed at $437.01 for months 1 to 36 and $599.45 for months 37 to 300.
- Your Illinois SRECs are included. The proposal estimates $16,411 in Illinois SRECs, which are yours because you own the system. That amount is added to the savings total above. The monthly loan payments shown are the schedule as written, so this is money you receive on top of them. SREC values are estimates and depend on the program, your production and reporting.
- Still connected to the grid. You are still connected to the utility grid and would be expected to pay a small fixed monthly rate, considered the standard connection fee.
- This is an estimate, not a contract. Production, rates and savings are projections. Nothing here is a guarantee.