A few weeks back, I got a cold call from a Tesla Energy advisor that started as a check-in to see how things were with my Tesla products which turned into a discussion of getting panels via Tesla Energy. I decided to hear them out as I was open to getting solar if the price was right.
They priced out a system estimated to offset 97% of my last year's usage at a price of $4.04/w (dividing the kW by the total price). I had previously received a quote from another local solar installer earlier in the year so I mentioned that and sent to the advisor who used that as a catalyst to get me a better rate, what they call their "Best Value Guarantee". When I next spoke to the advisor, the updated quote was a larger system but a lower price per watt that changed down to $3.53/w now. However, in order to finance through Tesla, I have to have a 6 kW system.
Since initially speaking with them on this, I had also put my information into EnergySage and received 4 quotes that vary between $2.78 and $2.90 per watt for various sized systems. I'm still trying to understand what is comparable and what's unique to Tesla to make me go with them, assuming all things being equal.
Is $3.53/w a reasonable price? When I mentioned the lower price per watt from the EnergySage quotes, they had mentioned that the Best Value Guarantee adjustment was the lowest they could go. On another thread, I saw someone mention they had gotten Tesla from $3.25/w down to $2.89/w for Best Value Guarantee in Virginia so I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing when working with Tesla or if I need to take a different approach. Others seemed to be able to get even lower price per watt when sending in quotes to Tesla to match. Could the prices be different based on region? Any suggestions?
They priced out a system estimated to offset 97% of my last year's usage at a price of $4.04/w (dividing the kW by the total price). I had previously received a quote from another local solar installer earlier in the year so I mentioned that and sent to the advisor who used that as a catalyst to get me a better rate, what they call their "Best Value Guarantee". When I next spoke to the advisor, the updated quote was a larger system but a lower price per watt that changed down to $3.53/w now. However, in order to finance through Tesla, I have to have a 6 kW system.
Since initially speaking with them on this, I had also put my information into EnergySage and received 4 quotes that vary between $2.78 and $2.90 per watt for various sized systems. I'm still trying to understand what is comparable and what's unique to Tesla to make me go with them, assuming all things being equal.
Is $3.53/w a reasonable price? When I mentioned the lower price per watt from the EnergySage quotes, they had mentioned that the Best Value Guarantee adjustment was the lowest they could go. On another thread, I saw someone mention they had gotten Tesla from $3.25/w down to $2.89/w for Best Value Guarantee in Virginia so I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing when working with Tesla or if I need to take a different approach. Others seemed to be able to get even lower price per watt when sending in quotes to Tesla to match. Could the prices be different based on region? Any suggestions?