Homeowners Solar Guide

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By: Dave Hancock, Owner of Raneri and Long

Raneri and Long create a seamless, hassle-free process which make getting solar panels installed as easy as ordering a pizza, but with this purchase your setting yourself up for the Many years to come in energy savings.

Understand Where’s The Energy Going

Like setting your household budget, you want to understand what your spending your money on…Well it works the exact same way with your household energy, you just are not used to thinking in that way. This is a crucial step, because if you can discern what your spending your energy on, you are empowered to change that or simply use that knowledge to budget what sort of solar energy capacity you will need.

It is also important to note, that Raneri and Long does not suggest spending your Too much money on your solar energy solutions, we recommend you work out how much solar production you would need to be brought to a “tier 1″ amount of energy consumption, which Drastically Reduces your bill – most have reported an 75% decrease in their bill.

The quick explanation of the tier system that energy companies charge you based upon is a basic quanity ranking system. It is conter-intuitive in that typically if you goto costco for example you are getting a deal by buying bulk…However with SDG&E, or any energy company, the more you buy the greater you pay for that produce – ENERGY.

There are four tiers, you want to be at Tier 1, the cheapest per unit of energy. Your typical household is at a tier 2 or 3, some times 4 – all depending on countless items you are using electricity for at your household. The rates for each tier are below:

As you can see, its obvious why you want to be in the tier 1 – the rates add up and Raneri and Long Are here to help you keep your money.

Self Audit Your Energy Use

We are a San Diego Roofing, Window, And Solar installation Company – as a result our lessons are geared towards San Diego residents, if you are not then some of the links May not have as much relevance to you.

We recommend that you consult us and we can evaluate your energy consumption and work out how much you will want to generate from your solar panels; however, here is a handy link that allows you to simply insert your relevant SDG&E information from your bill and begin analyzing your energy consumption – Again we advocate you ask for our help in the interpretation of this data as it can get very confusing without a trained eye

SDG&E’s Energy Consumption analyzer

Government Tax Incentives and Rebates for Solar Panels on your house!

There are a number of very appealing tax credits and general incentives to going green on the roof, or wherever you would like your solar panels. Simply put, “Who doesn’t what a cheaper electric bill”.

The tax rebates and other monetary refunds from government sources have to be done in a particular order so please click Read More below to get the necessary applications and details on timing. Or simply Call us or email us for a hassle free process.

The Troublesome Permits and Inspections

Raneri & Long provide a Care free process that begins with a simple phone call. We’ll take care of all the zoning, permits, and inspections – From A to Z it is in our hands and all you need to do is let us know your ready to go green and we’ll take it from there.

All we ask is you give us a No pressure conversation, to let you know the benefits of hiring a company the BBB has deemed an A+ rating – “We’ll handle all the hard stuff”.