Home Solar Panel Payback Period State by State (2026)
The Number That Should Be on Every Homeowner’s Whiteboard When I helped my in-laws evaluate a rooftop solar quote last spring in New Jersey, the installer said “six to seven years.” A friend in Phoenix got told “ten to twelve.” That felt backwards — Arizona has dramatically more sunshine. But once we laid out the full math — electricity rates, state rebates, net metering policies, and the federal Investment Tax Credit — the New Jersey number was right, and the Arizona number was right too. ...