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01Resources
Everything here is free
Grouped by what you are trying to do. Calculators and tools give you an answer on the page; guides and reports are there to read.
Work out a number
Work through a transaction
DirectorySolar Company Transfer DirectoryWho actually services the agreement, where a transfer starts, and what usually delays it.Look up →ChecklistSolar Transaction ChecklistThe solar items that stall California deals, in the order they need doing. Tick them off here or download the one-page PDF.Open →Transaction toolNet Metering & TransferWhich program a system is on, what is settled about transfer, and what to put to the utility in writing.Check →
Understand a document
GuideC.A.R. Form SOLAR — Solar Advisory and QuestionnaireWhat the seller's solar disclosure asks for, and where the answers actually come from.Read →GuidePACE and HERO Solar FinancingSolar paid for through the property tax bill. Why it sits ahead of the mortgage, and why it turns up on the title report instead of in the solar file.Read →ReportSample Solar Inspection ReportA composite example of the deliverable — findings, photographs and next steps.View →
Work out what's wrong
GuideSolar Not Producing?Whether it is the system or just the monitoring, what the pattern of the loss means, and where do-it-yourself has to stop.Read →GuideInverter Maintenance and ConditionWhat an owner can safely watch, what the recorded fault history reveals, and why inverters outlive their warranties less often than panels do.Read →GuideRemoving and Reinstalling Panels for Roof WorkWhat to document before the array comes off, and what to verify after it goes back — the step almost everybody skips.Read →
02Reading
The situations these sit inside
Longer explanations, written for someone with a live deal and a specific problem.
Articles
ComparisonSolar Inspection vs. Home Inspection: What's Actually DifferentWhy a general home inspection doesn't tell you whether the solar works.Read →Net meteringWhat Happens to Net Metering When a California Home Is Sold?The rules differ by program, and one of them is widely misreported.Read →SellersSelling a Home With Leased SolarWhere lease and PPA transfers actually stall, and how to get ahead of them.Read →BuyersBuying a Home With Solar: What to Check Before Contingencies Come OffA practical sequence for the inspection period.Read →MonitoringSolar Monitoring and Home Sales: The Account Nobody TransfersWhy the monitoring account matters, and what happens when it's forgotten.Read →
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