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Met with the solar rep yesterday for Blue Raven. Info inside if you care.

Posted by sycor Jul 28 '23, 05:26

I have two options, front or back. Back gets a little less sun so would require 2 additional panels.

Back
Total system Size 8.4 kWh
Yearly production 10,119 kWh
Cost $42,354
Monthly payment $160

Front
7.56 kWh
10,602 kWh
$38,865
$146

Both have 18 mo guarantee for production or they install panels at their cost. Both have 25 year financing and warranty. No early pay off penalty. Both add 10 year roof warranty to that part of the roof (builder warranty still covers the rest of the roof).

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don't you need to install a new breaker panel and cut off so if power goes out you don't energize the wires the crew is working on? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 10:53
holy hell solar is expensive there. my 6.6kw + inverter was just under $6,990. panels have a 25 year warranty, and inverter is 10 years. - mafic Jul 28, 06:12 6
- I paid just over 10 net of rebate for 5.6kW. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 07:33
- Obviously I need another quote or two. But yeah, expensive. Blue Raven is one of Forbes top 3 solar companies though, so quote is probably reliable. -- nm - sycor Jul 28, 06:44 1
  - They were one of the ones we quoted as well -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:45
- like I'm actually stunned. I could've had my system plus like a 30kw battery for those prices, even converting currency 1:1. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 06:14 2
  - It varies pretty wildly. My 9.35KW DC (8.45 KW AC) system was $32,750 before rebates. My out of pocket was about $12k. -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:18 1
    - there are a million solar installers here, I imagine the market's more competitive. wouldn't ever be more than $1,800/kw excluding incentives. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 06:32
what's your rebate situation in your state? I assume the $42k does not include the federal rebate (30% right now I think). -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 05:45 7
- Correct it does not. It is 30%. And until Oct. Progress Energy is offering 1:1 buy back and getting the solar now locks us in on that for 15 years. -- nm - sycor Jul 28, 05:52 5
  - 1:1 net metering is great. That's what we have. You're still at roughly a 15 year payback - oblique Jul 28, 06:00 3
    - According this NC has a bad SREC market. -- (link) - sycor Jul 28, 06:09 1
      - Interesting. They had a few more posts but this site also seems to summarize the current incentive programs for you -- (link) - oblique Jul 28, 06:28
    - They did not mention SREC. I guess I should ask about that? Once I figure out what it is. -- nm - sycor Jul 28, 06:07
  - Although the 15 year thing I need to look in to further because I don't think that's completely accurate. -- nm - sycor Jul 28, 05:56
- It's North Carolina so the state charges you extra -- nm - decline Jul 28, 05:52
you should get both and turn your house into one of those Christmas light houses and run the lights 24/7 -- nm - decline Jul 28, 05:31 1
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 07:24

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