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Here are some of the best benefits of switching to solar energy:

• Solar Energy Is Cleaner – the solar panels use the sun to produce energy and the sun is one of the cleanest energy sources; this is in contrast to popular energy sources like coal and oil which produce more polluted energy.
• Solar Energy Is More Predictable – if you sign up for solar through the PPA program / lease program / loan program, then you will get a locked-in monthly rate allowing you to know the exact amount of your monthly electric payment.
• Solar Energy Adds “Likeability” To Your Home – if you sign up through the PPA program, having a solar energy system adds “likeability” to your home. While the solar system won’t strictly add “value” to your home (because you lease rather than own the solar system), it will add “likeability” to your home. If someone is looking to purchase your house and they see that you use solar energy (which is cleaner, cheaper and more predictable), your home will have an advantage over the other houses on the market.
• Solar Energy Adds Value To Your Home – if you purchase the solar system with cash or through a loan, having solar energy can actually add real, concrete worth to your home’s value. Let’s say, for example, you own a $200,000 house. If you purchase a solar energy system it would likely add around $40,000 – $60,000 in value to your home (depending on the size of the system you purchase).

When you hear that solar is “free” it is referring to the PPA program or ‘Lease’ program. In these programs, your solar system is installed for free and your insurance, maintenance and warranty are included in the program. This means that you only have to focus on making your monthly utility and solar payments — combined together, these two payments will be cheaper than your current utility rates.

How much solar panels will save you on your electricity bill will be different for everyone based on a number of factors. Generally, you can expect to save anywhere from 10%-40% on your electricity bill by switching to solar energy.

In addition to saving money on your monthly energy costs, switching to solar allows you to predict what you’ll pay each month. Paying for solar energy is a locked-in rate, whereas utility companies can raise and lower rates on a monthly basis based on a variety of factors.

Net metering is the process of getting energy/utility credits from the energy that your solar panels produce. Solar panels typically produce lots of energy during the day, but you’re not using all of that energy during the day. As a result, the excess energy that you do not use goes back out into the utility grid. By releasing energy from your system back into the grid, you are not only supplying your neighbors with clean power produced by your solar system but you are also building up credits of energy in your utility account.

At night, then, you will feed off the energy grid using the credits of energy you built up in your utility account during the day. To put it another way, even though you’re using the energy from your utility company, you aren’t paying for it because you’re using your energy credits that you built up during the day.

Grid-tie solar is synonymous with the concept of net metering, the process through which your solar energy builds up credits of energy in your utility account.

Off-grid solar refers to the concept of using a battery backup to store excess solar energy rather than release the excess energy back onto the public grid. Off-grid is a less commonly used because many districts and zones make it illegal to be disconnected from the grid.

Solar energy feeds back into the grid through the net metering program. When solar panels produce excess energy (i.e. energy you won’t use/need) that energy funnels back into the grid, awarding you credits of energy in your account which you can use to power your home at night.

At the end of each night, any remaining unused energy credits left in your utility account will roll over into the next day and beyond.

At the end of the year, if you have enough energy credits left in your utility account, then the utility company will actually PAY YOU for overflow energy you’ve supplied to the grid.

“It Will Change My Electricity and My Lights Will Flicker”

No, solar is not going to change your electricity or cause your lights to flicker. The only “difference” you will see is on your monthly utility bill which will be significantly cheaper having switched to solar.

“There’s A ‘Catch’ On The Lease / PPA Program”

No, there is no catch and there are no hidden costs. We install your solar system for free and we cover everything you need for your system, including your warranty, insurance, maintenance. All you need to do is just continue to make your electrical payments which will be reduced because you’ll be saving money with solar.