Power Electric and Solar, Los Angeles, California

Solar Installation Case Study

We will walk through each step of the solar installation in this case study. This case study demonstrates the thinking process, designing steps, and the actual installation processes.

This solar job was performed for a client who lives in Claremont, California. The house is 3400 square feet and was built in 1958. Despite using energy efficient appliances and employing energy saving techniques, the electricity bill remained high. The client's electricity usage often entered "Tier 5" of Souther California Edison's tier system. Although the general recommended guideline is to obtain 2 watt per square footage of the house, the client elected to go with a 5000 watt system, instead of a 6800 watt system.

This solar job was performed for a client who lives in Claremont, California. The house is 3400 square feet and was built in 1958. Despite using energy efficient appliances and employing energy saving techniques, the electricity bill remained high. The client's electricity usage often entered "Tier 5" of Souther California Edison's tier system. Although the general recommended guideline is to obtain 2 watt per square footage of the house, the client elected to go with a 5000 watt system, instead of a 6800 watt system.

came to our house a number of times to present the paperwork, as well as to measure the house. For solar panels to be most productive, they should be installed facing south. However, the back of our house faces southeast. made two measurements, one facing southeast and one facing southwest to see where we would get most for our money. He submitted paperwork to Southern California Edison for the reimbursement, as well as to see which direction would be most beneficial for us.

mention leasing to me, but my wife and I decided to go ahead and purchase the panels. Because this would be the most beneficial in the long run. We did drag our feet a little, because this is quite a large investment and I wasn't sure if right now is the time. Solar panels have been dropping in price, as the market is seeing more competition. From my calculation, it'll take about 6-7 years to recover the cost. From purely the financial standpoint, I wasn't too enthusiastic because it takes years to benefit from the panels. But we thought about the environmental impact. We have two small children, what would we want to be the future for them? Eventually, we decided to go for it, for financial and environmental reasons.

pictures of the inverter

Here are pictures of the inverter. It's interesting to see all the inner-working of an inverter... very impressive. Below the inverter is the switch. Turn to "1" for on and "0" for off. How simple can it be? We received the letter from Souther California Edison in one week to confirm out connection and permission to turn it on!

This has been a very easy process, Power Electric and Solar took care of all the paperwork and the legwork for us. The only thing that I really did was signing the contract, that was it. Of course, in order to get the federal tax credit, I'll need to file it with my tax return next year. But overall, I'm impressed, yet again, with team's professionalism and workmanship."

You can see that the panels are installed in two rows. Everything was done perfectly and without a hitch. The installation was very clean and neat. Juan explained and demonstrated the entire system. The solar panels passes the city inspection with flying colors.

Solar Services

LADWP

• Take advantage of our low $4.50/Watt solar system and current incentives.

• Example: a typical 4000 watts (4kw) solar system cost $18,000 (4000x 4.50) and yields approximately 500 kilo watt hours (kwh) monthly. Once the DWP utility rebate of $5,453 is applied, you will only finance $12,547.

• Buy it $0 down, at 5% fixed for 15 years and pay only $99.22 monthly.

• Take advantage of our low $4.50/Watt solar system and current incentives.

• No prepayment penalty, no liens, and no payments for one year!

• Plus you will get $3,764 as a tax credit from the Federal Government which could be applied towards the loan. Making it more affordable.

• No more rate increases and once the loan is paid off, enjoy free power for decades to come!

• We use all black, 250 watt solar panels which come with a 25 year factory warranty but are designed to last for decades longer.

• Increase your property value, help the environment, and save money in the process.

SCE

• Take advantage of our low $4.50/Watt solar system and current incentives.

• Example: a typical 4000 watts (4kw) solar system cost $18,000 (4000x 4.50) and yields approximately 500 kilo watt hours (kwh) monthly. Once the SCE utility rebate of $1,143 is applied, you will only finance $16,817.

• Buy it $0 down, at 5% fixed for 15 years and pay only $132.99 monthly.

• Of course if you have a down payment your monthly payments would be even lower.

• No prepayment penalty, no liens, and no payments for one year!

• Plus you will get $5,045 as a tax credit from the Federal Government which could be applied towards the loan. Making it more affordable.

• No more rate increases and once the loan is paid off, enjoy free power for decades to come!

• We use all black, 250 watt solar panels which come with a 25 year factory warranty but are designed to last for decades longer.

• Increase your property value, help the environment, and save money in the process.

PWP

• Take advantage of our low $4.50/Watt solar system and current incentives.

• Example: a typical 4000 watts (4kw) solar system cost $18,000 (4000x 4.50) and yields approximately 500 kilo watt hours (kwh) monthly. Once the PWP utility rebate of $8,000 is applied, you will only finance $10,000.

• Buy it $0 down, at 5% fixed for 15 years and pay only $79.08 monthly.

• Of course if you have a down payment your monthly payments would be even lower.

• No prepayment penalty, no liens, and no payments for one year!

• Plus you will get $3,000 as a tax credit from the Federal Government which could be applied towards the loan. Making it more affordable.

• No more rate increases and once the loan is paid off, enjoy free power for decades to come!

• We use all black, 250 watt solar panels which come with a 25 year factory warranty but are designed to last for decades longer.

• Increase your property value, help the environment, and save money in the process.