Adam Thau How to claim your Solar Investment Tax Credit If you install a residential solar system in 2022, the Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) lets you credit 26% of the total cost toward your federal income tax. The ITC drops down to 22% for 2023, afte... Incentives ROI Tax Jul 5, 2022
Adam Thau Interconnection Agreements and Net Metering What is Net metering?* All that extra solar energy generated in the middle of the day is going to be useless unless you’ve got some way of storing it. In order to make residential solar viable, many... Interconnection Net Metering Utility Jun 24, 2022
Adam Na Soaring Electricity Prices Likely to Get Worse If you haven’t already made the switch to solar power, you’re undoubtedly noticing that the cost of electricity is skyrocketing. Americans who still depend on utility companies for power are experienc... May 9, 2022
Adam Na PPL Announces 38% Rate Hike Effective June 1, the Pennsylvania utility giant will raise its default residential electricity rate from 8.941 cents per kilowatt-hour to 12.366 cents. This latest rate hike comes on the heels of a p... May 9, 2022
Adam Na ReNu's Solar Dictionary ** RENU'S SOLAR DICTIONARY ** * # – Solar Dictionary * 3-Tab Shingles – 3 tab is a type of shingle which features cutouts, otherwise known as tabs, that are made along t... Jan 20, 2022
Adam Na How Much Sun Does My Roof Need for Solar Panels? If you made a list of U.S. locales where solar energy would be *least* likely to provide a good return on investment, Northern Ohio would definitely rank high. Ohio is, after all, one of our cloudiest... Nov 24, 2021
Adam Na Polysilicon Prices Skyrocketing Thanks to the supply-chain issues currently plaguing the global economy, prices of everything from paper to petroleum have been rising across the board. But the cost of polysilicon—a purified form of ... Nov 22, 2021
Adam Na Panel Supply Crisis Causing Projects to Delay * ** *Major Solar Manufacturers Implore Customers to Delay Projects Due to Panel Supply Crisis** * ** The supply chain issues and rampant inflation plaguing the global economy have hit the solar indus... Nov 19, 2021
Adam Na Border Seizures Affecting U.S. Solar Panel Supply Like every other industry, the supply chain problems and rampant inflation currently plaguing our economy are creating problems for solar installations. And it goes well beyond mere price hikes. Apar... Nov 18, 2021
Adam Na Breaking Down Inflation's Effect on Solar The U.S Commerce Department just released their official stats [1] on rising prices for September, and the news is anything but good. Inflation grew by 0.3% for the month, bringing the annual rate up ... Nov 16, 2021
Adam Na Solar Batteries & Time-of-Use Billing *How a Solar Battery Changes the Time-of-Use Billing Equation** * ** In a previous post [1] , * *we looked at some of the pros and cons of adding a battery to your solar system in states like Pennsy... Nov 16, 2021
