Thursday, November 19, 2009

End of the Year Delay

Since so much of the incentive to buy a solar PV System is provided by government tax credits, there is is slightly more incentive at the end of the year than there is at the beginning of a year.  That is, you get the tax incentive money after you file your taxes.  And the end of the year is closer to when you file your taxes than the beginning of the year.

What this means to us, is that our installation is going to be delayed ten days or so.  Our vendor has been let down by his supplier because of the end of year rush for solar installations.  The people at Southern Energy Management have found alternative suppliers that will ship tomorrow.  The solar panels won't perfectly meet the original specification, but SEM is going to add an additional panel to the configuration to get us  99.6% of what we originally planned.  Our 5640 W system will be a 5600 W system. 

Our next date for completing the installation is November 30th.  It looks like my son (see http://encsolar.blogspot.com/) is going to get a significant head start!

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