If you do decide on solar, I recommend not going with the presenter Great Sky Solar. We chose them in 2019 and they still haven't resolved all our problems. They are not scammers but I think they are in over their heads.
They told us installation involved about a seven week process of planning and ordering before the installation. Shortly before the scheduled installation date their electrician showed up, looked at our breaker panels, and said they needed to be replaced. This should not have been a surprise. It might be typical. Replacing breaker panels requires coordination with Eversource to shut off power and that has some lead time. There was more. The seven weeks turned out to be a lot longer. I told our story to a builder who replied "Welcome to the past 35 years of my life." Chasing after subcontractors is his job. It isn't my job. See https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/31/business/they-spent-24000-solar-panels-then-eversource-took-four-months-turn-them/ for another family's story. Our solar generation was not as high as promised. In hindsight, they had the most optimistic generation prediction of the three bidders. They gave us a warranty so for 10 years we can chase after them every winter to write us a check for the past year's shortage. I suspect their tree shade model is not accurate for our location, but that is only a guess. Another bidder wanted to fly a drone to measure tree height. It refused to take off so close to Hanscom. And then there is the credit. You might think you would be billed for net use, consumption minus generation, but it is not that simple. The powers that be wanted voters to experience the thrill of getting a check in the mail. For that we have a second meter to measure production and determine the size of the check. That one doesn't work right. We are getting about 2/3 the credit we should be getting. I think the problem is our battery backup. The "critical load" panel attached to our battery diverts solar power before it gets to the meter to be measured. If I am right you won't have this problem if you don't have a battery. Eversource thinks it's Great Sky's problem and Great Sky evidently doesn't understand how to fix it. After about a year they learned there was a box they needed to install to talk to the meter. They installed it. No change. Eversource said the box didn't have enough memory. Memory? Recently our battery stopped working. Their advice is to turn it off and turn it on again. John Carr John Carr On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 9:38 PM Belinda Gingrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you thought of putting solar panels on your roof? Do you want to save on > electricity? Ready to capture the 26% federal tax credit for solar? > > The Lincoln Green Energy Committee is having a Solar Energy presentation on > June 21st at 12 pm via Zoom. > > We will discuss > > Solar System Net Metering > State and Federal incentives > Battery Storage Backup > Massachusetts Connected Solutions Program > > Great Sky Solar will join us to answer questions. > > To preregister for the program: > > https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kdO2pqTgsGtYErlfUpxEqRsxvr6Fk1Qn3 > > After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing > information about joining the meeting. > > Lincolngreenenergy.org > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
