I've been very impressed with the folks at Green Street Solar. Jeff Irwin, my sales guy, was very knowledgeable and explained everything extremely well. He is also super responsive to my calls and emails. Beth Blake is the office person and she is very friendly and helpful. My 8.4kW system was installed by six guys, each of whom were very professional and efficient during the 5-hr install process. These are not contractors, they are Green Street employees so they are part of the GSS team.
The next day, DEC came out and inspected the install and, two days later, came out installed my new, NET meter, which determines how much electricity I'm using versus how much I'm generating. I texted the owner at Green Street to let him know I was ready to go. Russell got my system connected to the Fronius invertor app in minutes and I was generating electricity five minutes later.
The next day was sunny and at 9AM in the middle of January (sun is low in the sky) the system was producing at 68% capacity. Pretty amazing! My meter was running backwards all day long, meaning, I was generating more electricity than I was using. The next two days were cloudy and I was only at around 10%. However, during the summer I should be producing plenty of credits to cover me for the winter months next year. I also had them install an outlet to charge an electric car which I'll be purchasing one day.
I chose Green Street Solar because every review I read was a 5.0. There is one on Angie's list that is a 1. However, this guy's system was installed 10 years ago and I don't even think it's the right company since GSS did not exist at that time. I think he's talking about Green Street Energy located in NY.
I highly recommend the team at Green Street Solar if you want to start saving on your utility bills. If there is no increase in electric rates then my payback will be about 10 years. However, given that my rate went up 36% last year, I anticipate the payback will be much sooner! read more