Typical Commercial Installation

Typical commercial customers own their own building (if you lease or rent, the CEC rebate will not apply and PG&E net metering will not be allowed) and have buildings with flat roofs (although ranches and other agricultural operations with lots of land are ideal for solar or wind electric installations) that can have the solar modules laid flat on top of that roof.

Since business use of electricity is so varied, we need to perform a free on-site evaluation of your facility and your current power consumption, as shown on your electric bill. Your CFO will appreciate our detailed 7 page financial analysis that shows both payback and cost per kWh of solar if financed, and your CFO will also like the Federal tax incentives that apply to commercial use of solar electricity.

For most businesses in California, we can install a solar electric system that if depreciated using the accelerated method allowed for solar electric system purchases, will cost less than $2.50 per Watt of DC power generation after all of the rebates and tax incentives are applied, and if that final out-of-pocket cost is financed, will result in power costs of less than 9 cents per kWh, compared to the 25+ cents that PG&E currently charges large consumers of electricity.