In 2017 I installed my off-grid system and upgraded it every year a little. 3 years ago, I went off-grid 24/7. I recently calculated the investment, and it will take around 8 Years to get the money back in my case. However, I would like to remind you that a solar system's lifetime is 25-30 years. The money invested will be nearly tripled over the lifetime. No bank account offers this! In addition, for the last 2 years, I have charged my EV Car on the system, which makes additional savings until today, around 240000THB. (The calculation does not consider the recent increase in energy prices, maybe I have already returned my investment)
And by the way, I had no problem with PEA as it is an off-grid system. The only thing I had to do was one 3-watt light bulb running on the PEA meter to avoid the guy reading the meter reading the same or less than the month before. ????