Solar power systems for the home

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Thanks for the reminder! I completely forgot that we applied for the grant a couple of years ago and then some door-to-door guy came by and the general price range of our panel system came out looking pretty favourable.

We weren’t approached by these guys, but good thing to be careful with who you go with and get a few quotes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ales-1.7619501

We’re looking at Solar YYC since after looking at their proposal they didn’t fudge some of the numbers like another place did. Which would have given us more panels, but it seems like Enmax can give you grief if your system is overloaded. We’re not a big home though, so we can only get 13 panels.

Anybody have their home insurance affected by getting panels?

There's a strong push from MLAs to get Door to Door Solar put on the banned list for what can be sold door to door. The amount of nightmare stories I've heard over the years is insane in terms of high pressure tactics, crazy high prices, and even clients who got put on some financing plan and were making multiple payments and never getting installed.

Enmax doesn't necessarily give you grief if you end up overproducing after the system is permitted (or if your electricity use falls as you make your home more efficient). It's the permitting process itself that is a bit of a dance in trying to get the highest possible system size based on what the homeowner qualifies for.

I work at Solar YYC on the sales team, (maybe I quoted you!) but you're in good hands with any of the team here.

[Bigtime]

I knew before I even clicked that link that it would be Northern PWR that screwed that person.

[ken0042]

I've started telling door to door solar people "sorry, but we are renting."

[Bigtime]

These door to door types have even come and talked with us, fully acknowledging we have solar but taking the opportunity to say they are "protecting people from less reputable companies like Skyfire"... wait wut?

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

There's a strong push from MLAs to get Door to Door Solar put on the banned list for what can be sold door to door. The amount of nightmare stories I've heard over the years is insane in terms of high pressure tactics, crazy high prices, and even clients who got put on some financing plan and were making multiple payments and never getting installed.

Enmax doesn't necessarily give you grief if you end up overproducing after the system is permitted (or if your electricity use falls as you make your home more efficient). It's the permitting process itself that is a bit of a dance in trying to get the highest possible system size based on what the homeowner qualifies for.

I work at Solar YYC on the sales team, (maybe I quoted you!) but you're in good hands with any of the team here.

That’s good to know.

The one door-to-door place, Nuvo, did some weird stuff with our monthly consumption numbers in their Aurora system. Didn’t match our Enmax bill at all which made the quote from Solar YYC kind of confusing at first - I was like, “how come we got quotes for 15 panels from this other place but you’re adamant about 13 being the right amount?”. The only thing was our recent PHEV purchase that isn’t reflected in all of our Enmax bills yet.

Anyway, I am not entirely sure if we are dealing with you or somebody else at the moment, but we’re in Hidden Valley if that sounds familiar. The person we’re dealing with is nice and quite patient with all of our dumb questions. But if that’s you, thanks!