What a wonderful week it’s been! If you’ve been following this blog for the past few months, you are likely familiar with our power issues and the fact that we’ve been having more frequent outages than usual since mid-May. Luckily the outages have been much less frequent over the past several weeks, but I still feel backup power is necessary.
I reached out to ProSolar in the beginning of June. Christy, my wonderful rep, came to our house on June 6th. Ironically enough, she visited during a power outage when I couldn’t even offer her the luxury of flushing a toilet during her visit. How appropriate, right? “You NEED solar,” she said to me with a laugh that day. During that visit, Christy explained how ProSolar offers both leasing and financing options, something the other companies are unable to offer. The other companies I spoke with asked for full payment upfront, which was more than $30,000 – money that I simply do not have set aside after purchasing and remodeling a home last year. ProSolar’s leasing and financing options seemed like a dream.
We opted to lease, because leasing came with full insurance. This means that if, God forbid, a panel blows away, ProSolar will replace it. If a tree falls and takes out my Tesla battery, ProSolar will replace it. Financing comes with a warranty, but not full insurance.
We have a pretty small house, so we only need 10 panels. Ten panels, plus the Tesla battery came out to $235 a month. That’s only about $10 more than what our WAPA bill typically is. It was a no-brainer.
Now are you ready for this? It only took 49 days from the first time Christy and I met to the day that our installation began! That’s a St. John miracle!!!
I was beyond excited when the guys showed up yesterday. I actually hugged a couple of them! Our power issues will soon be in the rearview mirror!
Our install is going to take about two days, so hopefully it will work today. If not, I have no problem waiting until Monday. I am just happy they’re here!
As I said back in June, everyone on St. John should have some sort of backup just in case. If you would like Christy’s number to get more information on adding solar to your home, feel free to email me at jenn@explorestj.com. I am happy to pass along any information I can.
Have a wonderful day, everyone!
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So glad that this worked out for you, Jenn. I can’t imagine paying over 200.00 a month for electric in the first place, then it’s out half the time.
I never miss reading your blog. Love your stories.
CONGRATS!! Just curious is that the cost per month to purchase the system ( that will eventually go away) or a rental cost? We bought our solar system about 10 years ago figured about 13 years for it to pay for itself. Really nice not having electric bills for over 1/2 the year, even with being in Wisconsin.
Oops, I see you said you’re leasing! 🤦♀️
Yay, solar power! Who are the “other companies” installing solar on STJ? You don’t have solar as one of the businesses in your Info link at the top of the page.