Spoiler alert: They matter. A lot. The process of deciding on a solar system for your property, and deciding on the company you want to install it, is one of the more important decisions any property owner can make. You’ll be looking for all of the obvious issues such as price, warranty and quality, but…
Category: Solar installation
Heading into the home stretch of 2018
Seems a little hard to believe, but we’re just about into October and the last quarter of calendar year 2018. If you’re seriously considering a solar system, and if you really want or need to 30% federal tax credit this year, time is running out for getting your order in place and your installation in…
What a difference one word makes
We’ve visited this subject before, but it’s an issue that’s been coming up regularly: Anybody can buy Panasonic solar modules from a distributor and install them. But not everybody should. That’s why Panasonic’s Authorized Installer Program exists. At least one installation company in West Virginia and Northern Virginia has been downplaying this program while they offer…
Choosing a solar installer: No one more cares more than you do
Despite the effects of the recently imposed tariff on imported solar products, courtesy of SolarWorld and Suniva, most people in the industry are still predicting a big year in 2018 for residential solar. The big commercial integrators – the people that buy solar modules by the thousands – will certainly take a hit. But they…
Thank You for a Milestone Year (pun intended)
In one way, 2017 was a fairly typical year for Milestone Solar. But in other ways, it saw some major milestones. It was typical in that, like the past five or so years, the total number of installations has been extremely consistent – somewhere between 40 and 50 – while the distribution of the systems…