Monthly General Meeting - 4/6/2023 - Residential Solar
At the start of the meeting, Kippy announced the nominating committee:
Nominating Committee Vote in – The following were voted in by the board members in attendance:
- Patricia Wolfran
- Karen Barnert
- Randy Harkness
Summary: If you've ever been curious about solar for your residence... come learn about the process of going solar, the equipment, financial incentives that can reduce costs by up to 40% and how to select a solar installer. Get information and ask questions without getting a pressured sales pitch.
Presenters:
Puget Sound Solar provided this presentation with 2 of their staff:
- Stu Frothingham: Communications Director
- Jason Askew: Residential Sales & Design Consultant
Notes:
· · Residential Solar: Stu Frothingham and Jason Askew
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Stu has built panels from scratch as well as install
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Puget Sound Solar Company
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EV charging stations as well as solar
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Full support service department
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4.1% increase in home value if you have solar per Zillow studies
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Incentives
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Inflation Reduction Act:
30% fed tax credit
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WA State:
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No sales tax
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Net Meeting – get paid to push to the grid
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How do you get paid for solar?
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Direct payment from Power companies is no longer
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Net Meeting – 4/1 to 3/31
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Solar first powers your house
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Extra energy will be exported to the grid
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For Puget Sound Energy:
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Net Metering acct is setup
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Acct enables you to use any credit built up in your acct for use
in non-summer months
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Start over at zero in your acct on 3/31. So, Net Meeting is meant to offset your use
in the Winter only. No pay out.
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Offsets increases in electric bills
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Solar actually prefers cool days although cloudy days don’t
procude as well
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Solar Panels:
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Typically get 25 years out of your solar panels
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Solar panels are very recyclable
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Cost has decreased by ~90% in the last 12 years
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Panels have more sleek aesthetic look these days
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Solar Monitoring
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Panels have an inverter which enables web app for checking
system performance
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Enables ability to find faults in panels too
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Puget Sound Solar’s service dept will monitor your system for
you
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Batteries
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Mostly not needed as outages are not usual
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Might want this for critical medical devices
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Could run your car off your EV
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Solar Design
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Based on historical usage
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Site/environment considerations
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Metal roofs are easy
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Want to install on newer roofs
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Recommends Blue and Blue roofing
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Use a lidar database to draw the environment
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Produces a Sample Shade Report
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EV can double the electrical need from the solar panels
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Quote: Should give you
options with details
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Be wary of single option quotes
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If using financing for your solar install, it will start paying
off after ~5 or 6 years
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Select a solar installer:
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Multiple quotes
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How long in business
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Specialize in solar
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NABCEP Certified
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Member of WASEIA
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Members of Solar Washington
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Check SolarReviews, EnergySage
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Seattle solar homeowners facebook
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BBB.org
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No high pressure sales
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Myth: solar panels
include toxic chemicals/metals
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False
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This was an issue years ago, but no longer with current solar
polars
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