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LIVE WORDPRESS INDEXThe Solar Proposal Is a Sales Document. Read It Like One. When I received my first solar proposal, it was a 14-page PDF with a…
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I Was Dreading the Solar Shopping Process Everything I’d read about buying solar involved the same horror story: a salesperson shows up, won’t leave your…
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The Three Ways to Pay for Solar, Ranked by 25-Year Return When I was shopping for solar, every installer had an opinion on financing. The…
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The Question Every Solar Owner Eventually Asks When I started seriously researching battery backup for my homeownerhome, one of my first stops was a hands-on…
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Why I Became Obsessed With Solar Monitoring Fourteen months ago I dropped $28,400 on a 10.2 kW solar system. That’s not a small check. When…
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My solar install contract was signed on October 14th. The physical installation — four guys on my roof for two days — was November 7th…
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I want to tell you about the conversation I had with my neighbor Dave, eight months after my solar install. There was a grid outage…
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My panels are on my roof. That was the obvious choice for my house — good southern exposure, appropriate pitch, relatively new roof. But during…
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When I was deciding on battery backup for my solar system , I spent an embarrassing amount of time comparing the Tesla Powerwall and the…
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I paid $26,040 cash for my solar system. No loan, no lease, no PPA. When I tell people that, the reaction is usually either “wow,…
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When I was researching solar, every installer pitched net metering like it was a magical one-for-one exchange: “Every kWh you send to the grid is…
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Six months after my solar install, I bought a used 2022 Chevy Bolt EV. I want to be clear that I did not buy it…
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