Powerwall installer in Illinois?

[Chirider]

I am in the Chicagoland area and wanted to see if anyone has had an Powerwall installation in IL and who they used. I just took the plunge and placed a deposit. I currently have a 10k solar system with battery back up (golf cart batteries ugh!) and a NG generator. Hoping a Powerwall can replace my deep cell batteries/ work in tadem.

 

[Chirider]

I’m going to answer my own post: As of now Chicago is not a serviced area. The representative I spoke to said maybe after March 2018.

 

[dutchinchicago]

I think we will be able to buy tickets to Mars before we will ever see a Powerwall in Illinois. I put my name down for Powerwall 1 over 3 years ago and put down a deposit for the Powerwall 2 on the very first day over a year ago. Absolutely nothing happened in all those years.

 

[miimura]

I am in the Chicagoland area and wanted to see if anyone has had an Powerwall installation in IL and who they used. I just took the plunge and placed a deposit. I currently have a 10k solar system with battery back up (golf cart batteries ugh!) and a NG generator. Hoping a Powerwall can replace my deep cell batteries/ work in tadem.

When your lead batteries finally go kaput, look into whether the LG Resu battery can be a drop-in with the other equipment you already have. That makes the most sense to me at the moment since the Tesla generator integration is poor or absent.

 

[Chirider]

I’ll look into that miimura thank you!

 

[strider]

I'm wondering if it's the same in OK. How did you find out about IL? Did you use the callback feature on the powerwall page?

I wonder if we'll get to a point that we can buy PWs for self-install?

 

[Brentt]

I'm wondering if it's the same in OK. How did you find out about IL? Did you use the callback feature on the powerwall page?

I wonder if we'll get to a point that we can buy PWs for self-install?

I live in Okla and spoke to a representative yesterday. I was told Ok is not in their service area, but since I had been waiting a long time, he would bump me up to his supervisor. So far, no reply by email or phone. I reserved Power Wall one on the first day, and put down my deposit for power wall two, first day. The last email I received was last fall , and it said installations would begin in oct and continue through January. They also had my name down wrong, and thought I lived in Oregon instead of Oklahoma!

 

[strider]

Thanks for the info! I'm guessing the e-mail from last Fall was based on you being in Oregon and not OK. I'm planning to self-install about 4kW of solar sometime this year. House is 15 years old so figure I should have the roof done before doing the solar to save having to R&R it later. So that may delay me to the Fall. I'm planning to install the disconnect such that it can just be yanked and replaced w/ the PW Backup Gateway whenever PWs are a reality here.

 

[jaredtoddMOxie]

Hey guys, not sure if this is breaking forum rules, if so mods please let me know!
Our company is officially a Powerwall installer and we do quite a bit of work in the Chicago area. If you are interested in Powerwall you can message me-we are a channel partner so I won't have any access to info on down payments but can provide quotes and delivery dates otherwise.

 

[Olds442]

i was at tesla highland park yesterday and the awesome energy rep i met with disclosed that they have received a shipment of powerwalls.

maybe some of you are close?