Actually I didn't directly benefit from the tax credits. I bought the house from someone who put it on and thought the extra I paid in comparison to recent sales in the neighborhood was fair. However to do so, I needed to sacrifice spending on other things...which I did and now enjoy NEM with a $15/month connect charge. This allows me to allocate finances to other things like dividend-paying investments so you get the gist of where I'm going with this right?