Drake,
My points related to non-contractor installs which came up after you raised your initial concern. I think Ohio is being ridiculous for not providing incentives to their qualified installers installing on their own facilities. This makes absolutely no sense. You can tell them that for me. There is no conflict of interest-there is a tremendous convergence of interest for a contractor to live with PV on a daily basis. Bill. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake Chamberlin Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:16 AM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Carl Adams Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Installer's grant Bill, In Ohio, self installs get zero incentive at present. To qualify for the grant, an installer must be certified by the State. No unqualified installers can get the grant. Doesn't getting a zero incentive seem a bit overkill? Thanks, Drake At 11:57 PM 8/31/2009, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_014F_01CA2A7D.9D7883C0" Content-Language: en-us Roger, Why would a legitimate contractor argue against this reduced incentive (it is not a penalty at all)? This is simply acknowledging the fact that operating a business and providing a long-term system warranty costs money that a self-installer does not have to carry. This actually came from a strong recommendation I made to the California Energy Commission since early in the rebate program over 30% of installations were "self-installed" which was a bunch of BS. These were black market contractors who did not want to carry a system warranty or did not have the credentials to install the system. Once we installed the slightly lower rebate cleaned up most of the black market contracting and the number of self-installed systems went to the real number of less than 5%. Arguing against the lower rebate was a mistake that you are going to regret. It's helpful to learn from history before repeating it. Bill. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [ <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of roger dixon Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:33 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Installer's grant Try the DSIRE website, http://www.dsireusa.org/. It lists both state and federal incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Up until this year, NJ would penalize a "self install", reducing the rebate amount by 15%. We argued against that and they have now removed that penalty. Roger Dixon Certified Wind Site Assessor Distributor & Installer of Solar & Wind Energy Systems Skylands Renewable Energy, LLC 908.337.2057 cell 908.730.6474 fax roger.di...@skylandsre.com www.skylandsre.com <http://www.skylandsre.com/> SkylandsRenewD66bR03dP01ZL Note: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). It is the property of the sender of this e-mail. If you receive this e-mail in error, do not review, disseminate, or copy it. Unauthorized use, disclosure, or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [ <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake Chamberlin Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:50 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Installer's grant Hello Wrenches, I wanted to see how other states are handling solar grants / rebates on the homes of installers. In Ohio there is a grant program that gives $3.00 / Watt toward residential systems. Eligible installers must be approved by the state, and funds are allotted to the installer. In this years program, there is a "conflict of interest" clause which says that installers, employees of installers and subcontractors of installers are not eligible for any grant funding from the grant received by the installer. It is likely that installers can hire their competition to do installations. Do other states have this conflict of interest clause? Thanks, Drake Chamberlin Athens Electric OH License 44810 CO License 3773 NABCEP TM Certified PV Installer Office - 740-448-7328 Mobile - 740-856-9648 Drake Chamberlin Athens Electric OH License 44810 CO License 3773 NABCEP TM Certified PV Installer Office - 740-448-7328 Mobile - 740-856-9648
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