Office location: 2108 Grant Street, Longmont CO, 80501
08/17/2018
Anonymous
Denver, CO
We started discussions with Dan from Southard on installing solar panels on our house in Stapleton in late Oct 2017. We had done some research and had many questions for which Dan had straightforward answers. We wanted to install higher quality 350W panels to reduce the number of panels needed on my roof. With the higher output panels, Southard was able to design a system that fit entirely on the part of the roof with the best sun exposure. As a bonus, their crew was able to install the system in December working in some cold and snowy weather which allowed us to take the federal tax credit for 2017 rather than need to wait a full year until we filed 2018 taxes in 2019. Other solar companies that we considered could not do the installation until 2018 and two of the companies limited selection of solar panels to just those manufacturers the had agreements with or produced themselves.<br /><br />It has been about 7 months since our system was activated. Starting with our March Xcel bill, our charges for electricity have been the minimum of $5.53 each month. Although it appears our consumption was a bit greater than my production for July due to the AC running more, there was enough excess production "in the bank" from prior months to cover the difference. Thus, it seems Southard's design of our system was "right sized" for our home and electric energy use. I am very happy I used a smaller, local company like Southard.