Hey there stranger, we don’t know anything about each other yet! If we’re going to work together for a few months let’s make sure we’re on the same page upfront. On our end we’d like to learn some more about what’s already on your property to see if what we want to add is a good fit or not. We’re talking about roof shingles, rafters, energy usage and electrical box/meter locations. On your end… well, let’s be honest, you want to know how much everything costs and how much money it will save. We can get you your pricing as soon as we know what we’re working with.

Time to get moving on real work! Massachusetts is one of the most lucrative solar states, but it’s also one of the most regulated. Before your solar system can start working you’ll need 3 major permits: Eversource Permission to Interconnect, then your Town Building and Electrical Permits. Each permit takes a stack of compliance paperwork and engineering stamps that we manage 100% in house. In total each solar system requires over 50 pages of documentation, which takes us anywhere from 2 to 5 weeks to get checked and approved by the these public entities.

Once we’ve got the green light from all the governing body your project will get added to our Master Electrician’s schedule. We send the crew to arrive in the early morning of install with all of the panels, inverters and electrical equipment ready to complete the job in one day. Half the crew start on the electrical panel and inverters on the ground, the other half start installing rails and module hardware on the roof, and by the afternoon they’re meeting in the middle to tie together. Of course a large installation can spill over into a second day, but most of our projects are done and cleaned up 4pm.

After installation it’s time for another round of inspections and regulatory paperwork to show what was approved was exactly what was installed and that it was installed properly. This involves the town electrical inspector, another structural stamp and another layer of Net Metering paperwork. When everything passes we’ll energize your system and the electricity will start feeding your home immediately.

Once your system is turned on, your next bill will reflect the extra power you created that month. You’ll also start receiving your Class 1 REC incentive checks each month. You’ll have your own login to a monitoring portal that reports your system production 24/7 direct form your inverter. Watch out, checking how much you saved from month to month can become addicting!