Why Should I Switch to Solar?

From saving money to withstanding power outages, solar energy offers big advantages for you. I will break down the top reasons why you should switch to clean energy.

All right, let’s talk why Solar so I’m just gonna hit you with the big benefits and then I’m gonna give a little context so ,

Number One,  you can go solar for zero down it cost you absolutely no money out of pocket.

 Number Two, most people don’t know thatyou can save anywhere from 25% to 65% a month off your current electricity bill that’s huge savings. I mean what could you do with that money especially over a year over 10 years it becomes a lot of money; 

 Number three,  You increased the value of your home immediately because you now have an asset and electricity producing asset that is part of your home;

 Number Four,  you become energy independent you’re not relying on some you know power plant that may be hundreds of miles away from your house generating that power sending it through these transmission lines to turn on your lightbulbs, your generating power from your own rooftop, which is a huge deal;

 Number Five,  it’s 100% clean green Energy say goodbye to the pollution in our air pollution in our water the pollution in our our oceans in our world in our bodies, and once you once you go solar that energy is coming from pure sunshine, which should make you really proud is the right thing to do for future generations and for our children and for ourselves right now, so this is really a fantastic time to be looking at solar , yeah !. The coming decade is expected to be a period of rapid growth and widespread acceptance of solar energy technologies, similar to the cultural and economic boom of the 1920s. The advancements in solar energy, along with increasing awareness of climate change and sustainability, will lead to more people and businesses adopting solar solutions, making it a key part of the energy landscape.

Why Should I Go Solar Now?

If you want to get the most out of the current Investment Tax Credit (ITC) then you better act now. Let’s find out about the ITC and why you need to go solar NOW in order to cash in on this amazing tax credit.

What tax credit  is a dollar for dollar reduction in the amount of income tax you would otherwise owe,  for example, claiming $1000 federal tax credit reduces your federal income taxes due by $1000.

 The solar investment tax credit was brought to life in the energy policy act of 2005 while this federal solar tax credit was originally owned the last two years the popularity the program has led to numerous Extensions . In 2022, Congress passed the inflation reduction act which increased the federal income tax credit to 30% and extended the timeframe to 2032 so what is the federal solar tax credit the federal residential solar tax credit commonly referred to as FITC is a tax credit that can be claimed on federal income taxes for a percentage of the cost of the solar PV system, the system must be placed into service during the tax year and generate electricity for home located in the United States. 

This is what most people don’t think about if you’re overpaying for energy right now. 

OK so let’s just assume that your utility is charging you more for the energy then it would cost you to make it from your own rooftop. That’s probably what’s happening if you’re overpaying every single month that you overpay you’re losing money.

 I want you to take that in and just think for a moment, what could you do if you started saving that money you were losing every month by paying your utility company and putting it in a piggyback after a year could you take your family out a vacation? Could you pay off a credit card debt? Could you start to save up for your next home improvement project that you’re doing this is a substantial amount of money in fact on average we find that our client save over $35,000 over the warranty life of system so what could you do with that extra $35,000.

 Every single month that you continue to pay or utility, you’re not an essence saving that money towards all the other things that you could be doing with it and that’s the reason why you really want to go Solar now so I encourage you to get a quote from us. Send us your utility bill Connect with one of our consultants. 

Let us put together custom proposal so we can show you how much money you can save in the value of solar for your home and your family.

What is Net Metering and How Does it Benefit Me as a Solar Customer?

Have you ever wondered how solar works with your current utility? In this section, we will break down the Net Metering policy. We’ll explain how it facilitates the integration of solar energy with the utility grid, ultimately working in your favor.

What is net metering in effect, net metering is the policy that really enables your solar to work and what it means is that there’s essentially a policy across the United States minus a handful of states that says for every kilowatt hour that you put into the grid you will receive a credit for that kilowatt hour so if your solar system produces 10 kWh of energy and it puts those 10 kWh into the grid that’s 10 kWh into the grid that you get back. That’s what Net metering is and it’s a really effective policy that is in place across most of the United States this is really important because your solar system produces energy during the daytime, but you use energy as well during the nighttime so how it works is during the daytime. You put a lot of energy into the grid and it actually rewind your meter so your banking all those credits and then at night you pull that energy off the grid and you use all the credits that you accumulated for the day so that’s not metering. It’s an amazing policy. It’s a policy that we all as consumers and advocates for clean energy have to continue to fight for because it’s a really fantastic policy that’s enabled so much Solar and in fact gives you the ability to use the grid as your own battery so it’s really cool that you’ve got the grid as a battery. if you do not live in utility that has what’s called time of use rates and certain utilities you pay more for energy during specific times.our imagination.

Do I Need to Purchase a Battery as Part of My Solar Energy System?

There is a lot of buzzes out there about batteries and the need for them as part of your system. In this section , we will talk about the reasons you might opt for a battery as part of your installed components.

Let’s talk about batteries now there’s been a lot of buzz on battery technology lately and we often hear from our clients. Should I get a battery and the answer is maybe maybe it really depends on what you want and whether or not Battery is gonna add value to you at this time so there’s two primer. The first one is just back up power so this is if the grid goes down if disaster strikes if there’s a hurricane in your area or a fire or all the things that we’re all dealing with now on a much more common basis, having a battery will back up your home so you know that’s one of the number one reasons why people up to choose to pair Solar with Battery and we can do that for you. No problem we installed 100 and hundreds of battery installations . Number two often times you can actually save money by getting a battery  if you live in utility that has what’s called time of use rates and certain utilities you pay more for energy during specific times so for example, where I live in Austin, Texas, we pay more for energy from 4 to 10 PM so that’s what’s called the peak time of use and battery can actually help offset those peak power rates so instead of pulling energy from the grid from 4 to 10 PM your battery would actually discharge that energy into your home from 4 to 10 PM so you would avoid paying the most expensive rates from your utility. so if you’re a homeowner that lives in an area that has time of use rates in your interested in battery back up making sure that you’re protected if power goes down looking at our battery options might be a really great idea. That’s information about batteries. I hope that was helpful for you. You could ask your Net Zero Energy Consultant more information and they’ll be able to give you a detailed proposal of exactly how much system will cost with the battery if you’re interested in one and we work with all the biggest battery manufacturers including Tesla and we can absolutely make sure that you get taken care of whatever way is best for you.

How Do Solar Warranties Work? What Does a NZEC Solar Warranty Cover?

When it comes to protecting your solar investment, we’ve got you covered. In this section, we will outline how a solar warranty works and what a NZEC Solar Warranty covers.

One of the questions we get from clients all the time are how do solar warranties work others three types of solar warranties. The first one is on the panels so when you buy a solar system for power, those panels are warranted for 25 years and what that means is, they’re guaranteed to work for 25 years and continue to produce power depending on the panel you buy that production guarantee could be anywhere from 85% of the power they were producing on day one all the way up to 92% if you offer for a more high efficient premium panel. The second type of warranty is on your inverter. Your inverter is what actually transforms the energy that you get directly from the sun into usable, energy, AC that can actually power your home and turn on your lights in your coffee maker and help you watch TV and all that good stuff now your inverter is warranted anywhere from 12 to 25 years and a lot of times we will also include an extended option for 30 years which really makes it a complete no-brainer. Now the third part of the warranty is what’s called the workmanship in our workmanship warranty is for 10 years and what that means is all the work that we do on your house when we’re installing your solar system when we’re on your roof when you’re working when we’re working inside your electrical panel all of that work is guaranteed for 10 years to make sure that there’s absolutely no issues so between 25 years on the panels, 12 to 30 years on the inverter , 10 years on the workmanship warranty truly we’ve got you covered when it comes to protecting your solar investment and making sure that it provides value to you for the long-haul.

Is Solar a Good Investment for My Family?

Solar is one of the few investments that pay you back in energy! In this we discuss more about how solar can add anywhere from $10- $50K to the value of your home.

Let’s talk about how Solar increases the value of your home now this is a proven fact there’s been all sorts of studies conducted on this by realtors. Berkeley Lab conducted a very famous stud, but let’s get into why Solar increases the value of your home.  Number one , it’s a home investment that actually produces money it produces income .Consider this: when you invest in remodeling your kitchen or adding a new pool, does that generate income? Typically not. Often, these projects can cost more than the returns they provide. In contrast, a solar system sits on your roof and prints electricity there is a value for electricity. 

How much do you spend for electricity every month so once you actually go solar, you have an asset that sits on your roof and print electricity for the next 20 to 40 years. It’s as simple as that: a solar system increases your home’s value because the owner can benefit from tens of thousands of dollars worth of free electricity for as long as the system is in existence. Depending on the system’s size, this could add anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 or more to your home’s value. This is another compelling reason to go solar today—not only to boost your home’s worth but also to maximize your return if you decide to sell.

How Do I Know if My Home is a Fit for Solar?

So how exactly do you know if your home is right for solar? NZEC will take care of everything with precision and deliver optimal recommendations for your home. In this section , talk about how our NZEC Consultant determine the right system for you down to the kilowatt.

How can you determine if your home is eligible for solar? This is a fantastic question not every home is eligible for solar so cross your fingers and let’s hope you’re one of the lucky ones and you can save money. 

 Others three main points Number One (1) is called Sun Exposure , does your roof or wherever we’re gonna put your solar system get enough access to the sun . So one of the things will do is will analyze from satellite and use some other technical tools to make sure that you’ve got what’s called proper solar access and there’s a percentage we’re looking for which as long as you got that you’re good to go. (2) THE Orientation ,  What direction is your are your panels facing and if you’re only location is sometime your roof you know what we’re really looking for ideally is east south and west facing orientation because that’s where the most sunshine hits generally, we don’t put panels on north facing orientation because it just doesn’t get enough sunshine ,In some cases that actually does works but we have to analyze that in case by case basis, so you’re looking for the right sun exposure, you’re looking for the right orientation .(3) Are there any structural issues with your house or your rafters under your roof, sort of not you know built to code for solar is your roof material or roof type something that you know you really can’t install solar on which you know is not common at all most homes you can but depending on the unique situation of a home sometimes we have to take those things into consideration so all of this is what we determine for you we’ve seen over and over and again people make really poor judgment calls, when in reality, you know the software and the satellites in the tools can tell you with total precision exactly how many kilowatt hours every square inch of your rooftops can produce so that’s why it’s so important to get a proposal from us and see how much money you can actually save and if it turns out that it doesn’t work for Solar no harm done. 

You got educated and you know it is what it is, but that’s the reason why encourage you to reach out, get a proposal from us so we can actually do the hard work analyzing your roof and showing you exactly how much money you can save if I go solar. 

Think Solar is too Expensive?

Think You Can’t Afford Solar? Think Again.

Solar is the least expensive option when it comes to buying energy for your home. In this section ,we outline the wide variety of loan terms NZEC Consultant offers at the most competitive APR’ s possible.

Let’s talk about zero down Financing.

 This is one of the biggest questions. Everybody has the solar how do I pay for it and the old misconception was that it actually took Cash to go Solar and people thought well Solar expensive because I have to spend this upfront cash well it could not be further from the truth today in fact, Solar is the least expensive option to get energy in most of the United States.

You may not have been aware, but the simplicity of this process is due to zero-down financing. There are two main methods to finance your solar system. Today number one is a low interest rate loan and number two is a lease .So let’s talk about both options so zero down loan means that you can choose a alone term whether it’s five years 10 years 15 years 20 years or 25 years we offer all of those and we offer Them at the most competitive APR possible and when you go solar with a zero down loan, what that means is you finance the system through your loan provider and instead of paying a monthly bill to your utility.  You simply pay a less expensive monthly payment to your loan provider so you get to keep the difference if you’re saving $10 $20 $30 $50 $100 a month that’s money right back into your pocket, but what’s even better about the zero down loan option is that one of those payments is equity in your solar system .

Think about it it’s just like your house why does owning a home lead to wealth creation because every single payment you make on your mortgage is mostly equity in your home and one day when you go to sell your home you know if you’ve paid off most of that mortgage you get all that money back so it works the same way with the solar system every time you make a payment on your solar system your paying down this $20 $30 $40 $50,$100 asset on your roof and when you go to sell your home guess what you get that money back you sell your home for a lot more because it has a solar energy system on it and all those payments you made were equity and now you get it back so by far this is changed the game of solar and just flipped the equation so that it takes no sense not to go Solar .

Financially , you owe an asset that you’re saving money increases your home value.

 Let’s talk about the other option for some reason. If you can’t get a loan a lot of times people will do. This may be because you don’t have a tax liability and you can’t keep the tax credit or something like that at least is extremely simple. It’s exactly like it sounds you simply lease the system so every single month you’ll pay at lease payment and you’ll pay that usually over 20 years and it’s that simple your lease payment is gonna be less than what you used to pay your utility bill and your saving money every single month on your electric bill now whatever way is best for you that’s what we’re gonna help you figure out , so when you get a proposal from us, our consultants are gonna sit down with you they’re gonna show you all the different options are gonna show you what’s best for you. They’re gonna show you how much money you can save and we’re gonna make it as easy as humanly possible for you to understand and make your decision. 

What is Involved in Going Solar? Will it Mean a Lot of Work for Me?

 But I am so thankful for zero Down financing for solar and what it’s done for solar energy because it’s the reason why hundreds of thousands of people are going solar every year and it’s just getting started. I can’t wait to share your personal proposal with you soon and see if we can help you get on the Solar train.

In this section, you will learn what will happen between signing the contract to the moment you start to generate your own power. Rest assured, you can count on us to be with you every step of the way.

So what happens when you sign an agreement to go solar with us,  honestly that’s the hardest part that’s the most work you have to do it’s just looking at your proposal and saying yup. This looks awesome. Let’s do it .

Once you sign that agreement, our wheel set in motion, so every single project has a dedicated project coordinator and the first thing that we’re gonna do is schedule your site survey a site survey technicians is gonna come out to your home. They’re gonna analyze your roof. They’re gonna look at your sun exposure, they’re gonna look at your main service panel and chart the course for the system and the components and all that good stuff when they come back, they provide us with all the information from your site survey, and our engineering department will get to work on creating the plans to submit to the city for you. We’re gonna submit those permits to the city and once they get approved, that’s when we can actually come out and schedule your solar installation.  Now to be transparent, the part of the process that we don’t control so a lot of the times were waiting on the city depending on where you live if you have a really fast permanent office, sometimes we can get permits approved in the same day or in the same week. Sometimes we have to wait 30 days. It just is what it is. You know it’s bureaucracy we work with it everywhere we go and it’s all good. Once we get that permit back though that’s when we move to get you on the installation schedule as quickly as possible typically it’s gonna be about 7 to 10 days before we have an open spot we’re gonna reach out. We’re gonna confirm it works with you the install itself only takes one day on average if you have a really large system or really complex system that were installing for you it could take a little bit more but by in large all of our installs are usually one day so we’re not in your hair long. We’re there. We’re on the roof. We’re out of there and the last and final piece before you’re actually saving money is called inspection so once we complete installing the solar system on your house, we schedule with the city inspector to come out or sometimes utility comes out perform the inspection and they will grant what’s called permission to operate PTO and once you get PTO that’s it. You’re good , all the energy that you’re generating from your rooftop is now flowing back into the grid rewinding your meter giving you credits you’re saving money you’re producing clean energy your energy independent and you are set up for decades of positive energy from Solar Power so it’s really a fun simple easy process. We’re here to make it so simple for you that you’ve literally got nothing to do and that’s how you go Solar ,we can’t wait to help you.