Valley Voltage
2025-01-14T21:05:28.101Z
Since I moved from Oregon to the land of abundant sunshine, solar makes sense. Zachary Casey was very knowledgeable with the entire process and the technical aspects of the system components. I did however change from the original financing arrangement to paying cash for the solar array. The details of the arranged financing would have negated the benefits of state and federal tax credits with an adjustment to monthly payments a couple of years down the road. Essentially giving the federal and state intensives to the finance company. I'd highly recommend alternative financing or paying cash for your project.
As far as the system itself, totally state of the art. An app that is installed on your smart phone allows you to get real time reports of your electricity production. Allowing you to schedule your high electrical demand activities to maximum production times. Like running the electric laundry dryer or an electric cooking range. The app allows you to generate production reports that are emailed to you in a .csv format to import into Excel, if you're into that kind of thing.
In the first month of only two weeks of solar production, my first months bill was $35. Mind you, this is in the winter with short days and the sun being closer to the horizon. During the summer, with the sun being overhead and longer days, my 5.4Kwh system should produce enough energy to power the air conditioning system during the hottest part of the day here in Tucson. I thought I'd never say this but, I'm looking forward to next months bill to have a better feeling of the actual gained benefit comparison.
I held off on getting a battery storage component at this time due to information I've read about developing storage technology and market trends to lower pricing. Beginning in 2026, I'll start shopping for a unit to completely be self reliant on my electrical energy needs.
Since I moved from Oregon to the land of abundant sunshine, solar makes sense. Zachary Casey was very knowledgeable with the entire process and the t... More