

It’s winter here in Northern California. Unlike much of the US, winters here are pretty mild. It made the headlines in the San Jose Mercury when we received a dusting of snow on the local foothills, but none of it actually descended into Silicon Valley. We did have a fair number of cloudy, rainy days, which is good for our water supply and for winter sports aficionados in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.



It also means that the sun is lower in the sky, and we have fewer hours of daylight. What impact has that had on the solar power installation I had installed back in May? As I noted in the one month update and the Q&A on my installation, I planned on doing a six month and one year update.

It’s been a little more than six months. What impact has the solar power system had on my power consumption and power bill? Let’s take a look. Continued…