Going Solar – First Step – Signing Papers

OK so we announced that we were going solar or at least partial solar for our power generation on our house using the new SolarLease program by Solar City. They had made it very easy to analyze and determine what kind of system we could install and how much it would save us in terms monthly payments and ROI over the life of the system.

So the first step after agreeing to go forward with a solar energy install was to fill out the lease application. This was a very easy step. Their application only required details of our first and second mortgage and basic homeowner details. Frankly I did not have to go digging deep into the file cabinets to fill it out and that makes me happy.

We were approved in a day (guess we have good credit rating) and we set up an appointment with Mike from Solar City to get the papers signed. This is where the process sort of resembles refinancing a mortgage. There is a stack of legal paperwork that has to be gone over and explained and then signed and initialed in a number of places. Mike made it easy and answered our questions.

So the ink is dry and the applications are in for our new solar power system. Now we wait for the engineers to set up an appointment with us to look at the house and determine how the system will be laid out at our house. Then the installation process begins.

Watch for more posts on the whole process, including video. If you want an analysis of your home and energy use to see if you could go solar too then contact Mike at Solar City [mlombardo @ solarcity.com] and tell him Kevin sent you.