Looking at the smallest system that would make an economic difference here at home.
My electric service is priced on tiers, with the baseline allocation at $ 0.12 /kwh. However, it turns out that I used 280 KwH that was priced at $ 0.29 or higher, some at $0.40/Kwh. When you see that this little peak was driving a big increase in the bill, it seemed logical to explore the smallest system that could make a difference. It turns out that a system that saves only 40% of the peak energy use would save %60 of the bill each month. Even more significant in winter.