Benefits of Solar Electric Systems

Customer Benefits

• Achieve significant savings on your electric bills: greatly reduce or eliminate your bill each year
• Spin your meter backwards (as you get credits for electricity you sell back to the utility)
• Price protection - have very low costs for 30+ years
• Reduce dependence on PG&E and fossil fuels
• Increase property value*
• Power Purchase and Solar Service Agreement customers (non-residential) go solar for free with little to no upfront cost
• Systems can be customized to best fit your property and needs
• Incredible durability: 20 - 25 year warranties on the modules ; 40 - 50 year expected life
• Low maintenance: a simple cleaning and the occasional check-up is all your system needs for years to come
• Make a direct difference, take a stand as a leader

* According to studies by Wells Fargo and the Home Appraisers Journal show homes with solar power typically appreciate 20x’s the system’s annual savings.

Wells Fargo article and Home Appraiser’s Journal

Societal Benefits

• Protect the environment (climate change is beginning to wreak havoc all over the globe and worsens virtually all other environmental problems)
• Diversify energy supply; stabilizes markets and prices
• Increase independence from fossil fuel (especially from foreign sources)
• Economic health (cleaner energy is better for the economy)
• Local job creation