We just bought our house in August 2021 and completed solar December 2021…. So completely new customer with almost 10 kw system (which can produce about 7+kw to alternating current hourly in ideal conditions. My quick thoughts: I would note we also get enough solar on cloudy or even rainy days to cover most of our use during the day which surprised me a bit.
1. Financially, this was a toss up for us cost, up front & recoup over time. The tax credit and some gains we had on a house sale last year probably put us over the top in deciding to do this. Note- the tax credit is not paying less tax, only paying it to the solar company as part of the project vs. the IRS. I misunderstood this initially. We plan to be here for awhile and the roof is only a year old - so we figured if there was any time to do this - it was now.
2. We used PPM (Power Production Management) and I was very impressed with them from beginning to end. Professional, timely, responsive, knowledgeable- I would definitely recommend. 25-year warranty on panels & inverters… I think a 10 or 15 year roof warranty on the install work.
3. Only time will tell the offsets - but our first bill from SECO was a credit overall - I am not certain how this will fare overall need more time in the summer etc.,
4. Many others have cited the House & Senate bills pending — agreed, this could very much change the dynamic depending on the recoup agreements for credit. It appears to put existing owners a 10-year period at old agreement - but this would likely be very bad for all customers (especially newer ones), potential customers and the solar industry as a whole.
Respectfully, DB
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