2024 Solar Proposal Red Flags and No Warning Bankruptcies. Solar Market Update. 

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Many contractors are simply selling jobs at cost to create cash flow and survive a bit longer before going under. That’s what this is. Can’t stay in business for long but can keep the crews paid while they hope for market conditions to change. Half the country’s solar companies have gone bankrupt in the last 18 months

Sure. And give you a competing one. 760-473-5878

That’s what I struggled with figuring out how to show people because costs differ throughout the country and there are lots of differences in the required electrical work for different situations. My advice would be get a few quotes to compare. I am more than happy to build a proposal for you and look at what you have with as unbiased of an eye as possible. Call or text 760-473-5878

Tesla Solar is getting out of the install business. They are shutting down the install part of their business market by market and focussing on being a manufacturer which is truly what Tesla is. The install part of Tesla Solar has been a disaster since it’s always operated at a loss

I own a solar business, and we have avoided Tesla due to instability, which was a gamble that's just now showing merit. Their sales team is great, but they have horrible support for installers and homeowners. Additionally, the products aren't as good as a few alternatives.

Enphase is the best if money is no object. For those looking to save, it’s hard to argue against pw3 most of the time

Too much overhead, ad spend, not flexible and nimble as a small company can be

@@Superiorsolarconsulting I have a solar startup, would like to chat more

We use so many since we are connected to multiple contractors. Aurora, solargraf, open solar, solo, Powur’s vision.

@@Superiorsolarconsulting Ah got it. I've been going with Energy Toolbase for years since Energy Periscope went under. The analytics are awesome and how you can API interval data directly into the proposal tool as the load profile really helps size systems. It creates great metrics that really help when doing a screen share with a potential customer. I'm not sure if any other tool has those analytics capabilities to upload the interval data load profile - rather than manual entry of overall kWh consumption values.

I used energy tool base for years, but their lack of a visual design doesn’t help with creating proposals for people to see that aspect of it. Luckily the other software take green button data so we can do interval data analysis given a customer is very specific.

@@Superiorsolarconsulting Yes I agree the marketing / sales aspect of ETB could use some improvement. Seems now in NEM 3.0 having that interval data is necessary now for system sizing and expected system performance. It almost feels like I'm doing a customer a disservice with manual entry because the way the battery operates versus their load profile can create vastly different performance summaries given 2 examples of the same system sizes and overall kWh consumption. Luckily to make it easier we have Utility API that interfaces with utility meter data and customer's just need to authorize us to access the data instead of them having to download and send it separately. I always cringe when I see companies that can take a picture of a bar graph and size a system based on that.

When NEM3 hit I got obsessed with interval data and didn’t even sell jobs for months because the software wasn’t ready. What I learned as I went through the process more and with battery inverter power ratings shooting up just in the course of a year, and with future consumption changes impossible to know, I have decided to ignore interval data (for the most part) as the past oftentimes won’t match the future and the payback period is unchanged unless the system is far too large. The software tools, even with green button data, still have lots of missing factors needed to give a proper breakdown. All we can really do is apply our knowledge from going through the exercise 1000 times and applying logic to a lot of these situations to understand how the system and batteries will truly behave. I appreciate you going the extra mile in general. It can’t hurt. I just find it gets customers in the weeds as they focus on exact sizing which the common customer doesn’t realize isn’t a big deal if it’s 10-20% off. The ROI is unchanged

Way too much for a quick RU-vid comment response. It depends on your situation and needs. Call/text me 760-473-5878

Not for 99.9% of the population

@@Superiorsolarconsulting good point

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