Pac Solar
San Rafael, CA 94903 415-299-8989
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Consumer Ratings for Pac Solar — 3 Ratings
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Solar Energy Articles
Thinking About Going Solar?
Although the cost of equipment has come way down, for most homeowners the biggest obstacle to going solar remains price: For a typical house in this area, you’ll have to plunk down about $11,000. But you’ll eventually get your money’s worth.
How to Find and Hire a Solar Energy System Installer
If you decide to buy or lease a solar energy system, there are many decisions to make, and the most important is selecting an installer.
Advice on Leasing Solar Energy Systems
If you want to go solar but don’t want to shell out $10,000 or more upfront or borrow money to pay for it, then leasing is an option. But, in general, we don’t think these arrangements represent good deals for most homeowners.
Solar Panel Discussion
Since whatever you buy or lease will be up there for years, research the options. Here are the main points.
Should I Add a Battery to My Solar Energy System?
An increasingly popular add-on is to install batteries that store surplus electricity. But batteries are quite expensive: They cost $10,000 to $20,000. Unless you plan to live completely disconnected from the grid, you don’t really need one.
Rebates, Tax Credits, and Other Incentives for Installing Solar Energy Systems
A generous federal tax credit helps cover a large chunk of solar energy project costs.
Consumer Comments for Pac Solar
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Aug 29, 2018
Once we made the decision to go with Pac Solar (based on references, price and Eric's thorough knowledge, we scheduled the installation to suit our schedule. During our selection process we met with a total of 4 solar companies and the results from the others were a much more complicated process, told we needed to spend 10s of thousands to upgrade our electrical (we did not), higher prices, and quotes on equipment we specifically said we did not want.
The installers from Pac Solar were professional, got the work done in two days, cleaned up after their work and did an efficient and solid job installing our system. Eric checked up on the installers to make sure the work was done correctly. Eric then followed up and scheduled the necessary inspections, filed the paperwork with PG&E and did a great job of explaining everything along the way.
At the completion of the work, Eric provides an organized binder and explained all we need to know about our system, monitoring with an app, applying for our tax credit and all else to get us up to speed on our new solar system.
Perhaps if we knew it would be such a seamless process when working with Eric, we would have installed solar years ago. Based on my extensive experience working with all sorts of contractors, including building multiple houses, Eric is a cut above the rest. I highly recommend you use Pac Solar to install your solar system.