Articles

Straightforward guides to residential solar in Central Texas: how systems are sized, how export credits work, what financing really costs, and which questions separate a real installer from a sales office.

Read Your Electric Bill Before You Talk to a Solar Company

Every honest solar proposal starts with twelve months of your own usage data. You can pull that yourself in about ten minutes.

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How Installers Size a Solar System, and How to Check Their Math

A quoted system size is the output of a short calculation. If a proposal will not show you the inputs, that is the finding.

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Net Metering, Buyback Rates, and Why Your Neighbor Got a Different Deal

The value of the electricity you send back to the grid is set by policy, not by physics. In Texas it varies street to street.

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Cash, Loan, Lease, or PPA: What Each One Actually Costs

The financing decision usually matters more to your total cost than the equipment decision, and it is far less often examined.

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Fourteen Questions That Separate a Solar Installer From a Sales Office

The equipment is largely commoditized. The installation and the company standing behind it are not.

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