# Cold weather in Texas (and other states) - electricity availability and home solar panels

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-in-texas-and-other-states-electricity-availability-and-home-solar-panels/933483 "2021-02-22T17:00:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-in-texas-and-other-states-electricity-availability-and-home-solar-panels/933483/52 "2021-02-24T22:32:19Z")

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On our 5/12 roof, I knew the angle of the panels would not be optimal for production but the PV vendor said that they do not pitch an array on a residential roof because then you create lift and then you would need to do structural improvements vs just getting engineer to approve the structure for the slight (\< 3# psf) load of the panels, rack, wiring, and microinverters. So not worth the expense for the extra production.

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