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Just got my SGIP funding approval. Swell Energy applied on 11/23/2020 and was waitlisted for ER. June 26 email from PGE saying application was submitted, June 28 application reviewed, June 30 approval email. Now a few weeks for design and home assessment before I get put in line for a...

I've already had them tell me well its not included in our cost as more of a nice thing they do. But they also do confirm they see it was given to the install team and install team didn't note why they didn't install it. I will say that they do have an out if they say we looked and it can't be...

I'm in the same boat. It was part of my order but installer never put it in. I've called and opened a case last week and plan to call again tomorrow or monday to follow up. Sadly from what i've read in the other threads they do not come back out and install it and even if you install it w/o...

Did they mention anything about shifting funds to Equity Resiliency since it looks like thats run out for PG&E?

Agreed I was expecting a week or two. The longest part was waiting for the City Inspection but i think that was both Tesla and San Jose city's fault. Tesla said they try batching work in the area so they can do multiple inspections in a day.

I just wanted to share my experience with everyone here and others lurking thinking of going with Tesla for solar panels. (That's what I did and eventually got convinced to take the leap). Tesla's price was $0.6-$1.5 cheaper then all my other quotes and I figured even if it took them 6 months...

Budget is getting tight and considering we are in escrow on this house I don't have a good baseline of what my costs will be however I also don't want to wait a year to see my electricity costs to then size properly but lose 5% of the tax credit.

Thanks Dave! Yup rather live with slightly smaller and less efficient rather then try to convince my wife we should put panels at the front of the house :)

Can someone please help me figure out how much efficiency I lost by moving the panels to mostly the back of the house? I reduced the kW from 12.24 to 10.2kW but wanted to normalize the data to see if I was better off with panels at the front of the house vs back and if so by how much?

Have any of you tried coordinating solar install while re-roofing? Will Tesla work with roofers on timing and installation? Below is what my roofer is suggesting: “It’s in your best interest for them to install the bracketing system during our installation process. That way we provide the water...

Interesting that they're calling out G8 panels. Others on here have all had G6+ installed. Another installed told me the G8 panel is Q-Cell's commercial panel and is only sold in massive quantities. This may be how Telsa is dropping the prices so much. Love that your changed requires less...

Wow so far I'm impressed by Tesla's speed. I already have project advisor assigned and he's emailed me updates on where they are in the process. I also got an automated text saying they received our permits which i can't believe is actually true since I don't own the home yet lol.

Thanks for the review @pdx_m3s. I would have thought the west-northwest side would be the better producing plane. Is that not correct? I can ask about moving vents. I'm not sure how complicated or costly that will be but i'm also having the roof replaced so the roofers can also do that at a...

Hi All...this is the automated design (assuming automated since its Sunday and it was done a few hours after I paid $100) i specifically said I didn't want panels at the front of the house but the system ignored that. I'm hoping to email and call tomorrow morning to see if i can get the layout...

So I took the leap and figured worst case I'm out $100. The design I got back which i assume is automated makes no sense and is totally different then all of the other quotes I received. Is there a reasonably good review process where I can push back on the layout their system has selected...

SGIP funding was extended past the Jan 1,2021 to another 5yrs. My new home will be under the "high fire risk" which will hopefully get me priority access to the funds. I need to wait to apply until after I close escrow in 2 weeks and see what happens. I think there is a waitlist though like...

Thanks Dave. Reading your post and experience with Tesla is actually what made me want to take a harder look at using them again. Good perspective on checking the savings over how long before it wouldn't be more economical to go with Tesla, 2+ years for me looking at the numbers. I think I'll...

True on fake vs real reviews and of course everyone else in the industry will try to badmouth their competitor so need to take that into account as well. I do wish Telsa had 25yr comprehensive warranty like the others vs just 10yrs. Also not looking at PW for now but will apply for SGIP since...

Thanks thats super helpful! I wasn't sure if they're still using SolarEdge or had moved to micro inverters. I'm looking at either the 8 or 12kw system.

This group may be a bit more biased but I'm going in circles trying to decide between going with Telsa solar panels at $2/W or a local installer quoting $2.69/W. The reviews online for Telsa solar is really low but with their new pricing i'm finding it hard to swallow paying $6k more for...