商业报道:省钱能手--太阳能（在线收听）

Bob Prout will spend $350,000 for a solar system powering his family's 3rd-generation funeral home in N.J. and still save

Bob Prout's grandfather started his family-owned funeral parlor in 1920. It's changed a lot since then.

Did , did people look at you and say you're crazy? What kind of a funeral parlor runs on solar energy.

Even my best friend told me I was nuts.

But when you talk to people now, what's their reaction?

Now that the energy costs have sort of skyrocketied now, and people are getting their bills.

I've got, there've been much warmer reception.

Prout installed 114 solar panels on his roof 3 years ago before the price of oil reached $135 a barrel and before rates in his town rose dramatically.

when you factor in the tremendous rate increases, I am still paying half of what I was paying three years ago for my electric.

Paul says he produces about 3/4 of his electrical needs for his business and home upstairs. Every hour each individual solar panel produces enough energy for more than two 75-watt bulbs.

The energy flows directly into the house and can be used immediately for things like light or air conditioning. whatever is not used is then sent out over the grid and is bought by the power company. the power company gets renewable energy to sell to consumers and Prout gets paid, last year, making some $5,400.

Technically, your energy may be in any of these wires, generally (that's correct) running around here(absolutely correct).

That could be used at that building or the next building down the street. under the state's clean energy program, New Jersey helped pay for the panels which cost $140,000. Prout's share, $60,000.

He has already cut his electrical bill some months by more than half.

February was 259, $173 in March.

Prout plans to add more panels by the end of the year.

And I would like to see how low I could get the bill.

I am Deborah Feyerick for CNNMoney.com

Bob Prout花费350，000美元为他们家经营了三代的位于N.J. 的殡仪馆装设太阳能系统，但是仍然很节省。

Bob Prout的祖父于1920年开建了家族式的殡仪馆。自从那时起，发生了很多变化。

人们会不会看着你，认为你疯了？什么样的殡仪馆会利用太阳能系统来运转呢。

就连我最好的朋友都说我疯了。

但是，你现在跟别人说的时候，他们是什么反应呢？

现在，能源价格飙升，他们要支付的账单也越来越多。

我受到了非常好的待遇。

三年前，在油价上升到135美元一桶之前，在他的城镇大幅提高税率之前，他给屋顶装设了114块太阳能板。

当你为税率提高着急的焦头烂额的时候，我的费用仍然是三年前电费的一半。

Prout说，他的企业用电和家庭用电的四分之三都是由自己生产的。每个太阳能板每小时产生的能量足够两个75瓦的灯泡之用。

产生的能量直接流到室内，立刻可以用于照明和空调。暂时不用的能量通过网格输出，由电力公司传走。电力公司有了新的能量来源来出售给消费者。Prout也可以得到报酬，去年的报酬是5，400美元。

从技术上讲，你的能量可能在这些线中的任何一条传导。

可以用于这座建筑，也可以用于街道上的下一座建筑。根据清洁能源计划，新泽西会帮助支付一部分太阳能面板的费用，高达140，000美元，Prout只需支付60，000美元。

数月以来，他在用电方面的费用减少了一半以上。

二月份是259美元，三月份是173美元。

Prout计划今年年底增加更多的太阳能面板。