8.7kW system coming Orange County, SoCal

[acehigh]

For anyone who knows the identity of company B, can you PM with the info. I would greatly appreciate it.

[s_man]

For anyone who knows the identity of company B, can you PM with the info. I would greatly appreciate it.

PM sent.

[s_man]

Hi! I already received a quote from company C for $3.15/watt for a LG315/Solaredge system. Would like the name of company B to see if I can get a better deal. Would you mind PM'ing me. Thanks in advance.

Good price you got. Contact gvl and venice for company C's performance.

[acehigh]

Good price you got. Contact gvl and venice for company C's performance.

Got you PM. Thank you so much!

[s_man]

Panels was installed and city came out to inspect and signed off on 10/06/15. Called SCE on 10/15/15 and they said it's permitted to operate. From Thursday last week till now racking about 250kwh. Did not have time to run Ethernet cable to panel till today so probably the installer will come and hook in and activate portal sometime next week. Here are some late pictures. Finally, after 5 months, I am glad it's done and happy to be a solar system owner

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[newe70]

Congrats on you solar green project. Those panels looks awesome and similar like mine, I think. I have the LG305 panels.

[s_man]

Congrats on you solar green project. Those panels looks awesome and similar like mine, I think. I have the LG305 panels.

Mine are LG300s.

[acehigh]

Nice!!! From your thread and your PM (thank you again), I know it has been quite a journey for you, so congratulations. All's well that ends well. I guess with the expected year end rush, the time to completion for any new project will be several months out.

[OftheSeven]

Panels was installed and city came out to inspect and signed off on 10/06/15. Called SCE on 10/15/15 and they said it's permitted to operate. From Thursday last week till now racking about 250kwh. Did not have time to run Ethernet cable to panel till today so probably the installer will come and hook in and activate portal sometime next week. Here are some late pictures. Finally, after 5 months, I am glad it's done and happy to be a solar system owner

Congrats!

[mhaakama]

So I chose to go with company B. They appear to be very knowledgeable and I really felt like like they put their best offer out first, rather than haggle over price. They have a good warranty, no sub-contractors, production guarantees, will remove/re-install panels for free if any roofing work needs to be done, etc. I feel like they do business the way my company does, so that makes me feel good about their business practices.

27x330w panels, 8.91kW SunEdison
-not the "best" panels, but that 330 really helps with my situation and production needs. The available LG panels they had were not going to cut it, and SunPower was A LOT more expensive.
SE7600 inverter and optimizers
$2.9/watt.

We then included 200amp panel and feed upgrade costs (with est trenching costs) and a 50A outlet in my garage for car.
That brought me up to $3.2/watt.

I'm pretty happy with that. Should be installed by 12/31, but there are some things on my side that will likely delay the process.

Thanks for everyone's help! I'be been reading this forum for a while now and there is ton of valuable information here. I will report back as progress begins.

[solar_newbie]

So I chose to go with company B. They appear to be very knowledgeable and I really felt like like they put their best offer out first, rather than haggle over price. They have a good warranty, no sub-contractors, production guarantees, will remove/re-install panels for free if any roofing work needs to be done, etc. I feel like they do business the way my company does, so that makes me feel good about their business practices.

27x330w panels, 8.91kW SunEdison
-not the "best" panels, but that 330 really helps with my situation and production needs. The available LG panels they had were not going to cut it, and SunPower was A LOT more expensive.
SE7600 inverter and optimizers
$2.9/watt.

We then included 200amp panel and feed upgrade costs (with est trenching costs) and a 50A outlet in my garage for car.
That brought me up to $3.2/watt.

I'm pretty happy with that. Should be installed by 12/31, but there are some things on my side that will likely delay the process.

Thanks for everyone's help! I'be been reading this forum for a while now and there is ton of valuable information here. I will report back as progress begins.

Congrats ... It is a good price.

[JMan604]

Company C is La Solar Group you could find at www.solarreview.com. The others I will pm you

Hello,

Can you kindly PM me company B?

Prior to reading this post, I already set up an appointment with LA Solar group for a quote this weekend.

[a_and_d]

Can you also PM me the company names? I've managed two quotes and both are nowhere near the prices you've obtained.

[s_man]

Last week I had some discussions with the salesman of company B about some freebies he promised me when I signed the contract. He pointed it out that those are not on the contracts (mine or of the one referred me who said he got it) as an excuse that he did not promise it. Sure, I thought it was some small things that they could do extra to make customer happy and because it was just some small things so I did not insist those to be on the contract, but it turns out they are not small to them and his boss is not happy about it. To me, promises are meant to be fulfilled even they are verbal promises, so I don't feel comfortable refer company B anymore because people I refer may get the same problem with broken promises. I would still give you insight about what to watch out or what I should have done. And I wish you new members good luck on your project.

[JMan604]

that's not cool of them to do. I totally understand.

I received my first proposal and I'm not satisfied with it.

System Details

Year 1 Estimated Production: 10,409 KWH

8.50 kW (DC), 7.50 kW (AC) SunPower System

26 x SunPower E20/327 Solar Panel

Non-SunPower Roof Mount Mounting System

1 x SUNNY BOY 7700TL-US-22 - 240v (SPR-7702m)


System Cost $35,708

Estimated Rebate $0

Estimated Federal Tax Credit $10,713

Estimated Net System Cost $24,996

with those numbers, I calculated this proposal to be $4.20/watt which is crazy high.