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Originally Posted by #-3
Getting new shingles because of the hail storm.
So I think I'm going to take the plunge into solar, and I'm finding the greener homes loan process frustrating.
The government is trying to make adoption of this type of technology easier and cheaper, but they make you pay a private company $700 for an energy assessment to access the program. Still a great deal to pay $700 down to access a 10 year interest free loan, but has there every been anything as government as making me take a day off work to pay a guy $700 to walk around my house and write recommendations so that I can buy something I already know I want, and the lender already knows qualifies for it's program.
I welcome someone letting me know there is a very good reason for it, but face value it just seems like bureaucratic nonsense to limit the accessibility of the program, because they want this program to exist for political reasons, but not too much of this program for budgetary reasons.
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It's really stupid for solar installations especially, but in general for the program it's because of previous programs where grants were abused or utilized poorly.
Kind of one of those "good ideas, poorly executed" type of things. Paying for a follow-up blower door test after getting solar panels put on my roof, really inefficient use of capital. Lol.