Solar Panel Installation in Howell, NJ by Green Sun Energy Services.
Jeffrey from Howell, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2015. The array was completed in February of 2016: 27 panels making 7.02 kW, each with its own Enphase microinverter, and an estimated 9,077 kilowatt hours in the first year. JCP&L interconnected it that May. Ten years is long enough to say something useful about the design rather than the promise: with a microinverter under every panel, nothing that has happened to one panel in a decade has taken the rest of the array down with it, and a system built this way degrades one module at a time rather than all at once. The existing roof was sound enough to take the array as it stood.
Project Facts
- Location
- Howell, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- December 2015
- Panels
- Hyundai Model # HIS-S260BK
- Panels
- 27
- System size
- 7.02 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M215-60-2LL-S22-IG Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,077 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 57%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
"Installers were very punctual. They worked very meticulously, cleaning up as they worked. They were very careful and planned everything out thoroughly. The installers worked well together and we're in and out in no time. Everything was completed as promised." - Carmen from Howell, NJ. Solar Review Source: Angie's List
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Jeffrey. Planning the day before it starts is what makes an install look effortless from inside the house: the 27 panels on your roof in Howell went up in one careful pass with the clean-up happening as the crew went. They have been producing since 2016, which is the real verdict on the work.
Solar questions from Howell homeowners
Does Howell decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
Does solar eliminate the electric bill completely?
Not necessarily. Solar can offset most or all of a year's energy use, and the utility can still bill customer charges, meter charges, non-bypassable charges, taxes and any net electricity purchased. What appears on the bill depends on the utility and the tariff.
What is the difference between a solar lease and a solar loan?
With a loan the homeowner generally buys and owns the system; with a lease a third party owns it and the homeowner pays for its use. Ownership is what decides incentives, certificate ownership, maintenance, warranties, how the system transfers on a house sale, insurance, residual value and any buyout rights.