Solar Contract Signed with Sunpower

[KRenn]

So I am finalized with my Solar panel lease. Went with a 36 panel 335's from Sunpower. These are the ALL black panels with no grid due to my roof being very visible in Staten Island,NY. One Sunpower Inverter, roof mount , advanced monitoring, all inspections (in ny the Dept of Buildings, etc) architect, engineers, fixing two small vent holes on roof. This setup cost me zero out of pocket, and leasing it for $180 a month, I called a few elite dealers near by and seems like everyone was in the same ballpark or a bit higher. Its a 12.06 KW system expected to produce around 16,000 KW a year and hopefully washing out my Con Edison electric bill. Wish the process with NY was easier as it take about 3-4 months for all approvals and con ed to turn it on .. Thoughts ? Think it was a great deal considering my current balanced budget just went up from $316 to $336 due to increase. Also sunpower lease has zero increase for 20 years. Thoughts ?

1 Inverter??? Should have seen what utilizing 2 PVI transformerless inverters instead of SMA's big brick inverter would have cost. Higher efficiency inverters for higher efficiency panels.....its the combo that SunPower is promoting together, not all dealers are necessarily on the same page though with that.

[ajpslp]

So I am finalized with my Solar panel lease. Went with a 36 panel 335's from Sunpower. These are the ALL black panels with no grid due to my roof being very visible in Staten Island,NY. One Sunpower Inverter, roof mount , advanced monitoring, all inspections (in ny the Dept of Buildings, etc) architect, engineers, fixing two small vent holes on roof. This setup cost me zero out of pocket, and leasing it for $180 a month, I called a few elite dealers near by and seems like everyone was in the same ballpark or a bit higher. Its a 12.06 KW system expected to produce around 16,000 KW a year and hopefully washing out my Con Edison electric bill. Wish the process with NY was easier as it take about 3-4 months for all approvals and con ed to turn it on .. Thoughts ? Think it was a great deal considering my current balanced budget just went up from $316 to $336 due to increase. Also sunpower lease has zero increase for 20 years. Thoughts ?