01/05/2025
The Picketts
Mount Airy, MD
Before installing roof top solar (feeding the grid) on our barn - which is a significant financial investment, we interviewed several companies. Most companies sent "salesmen" who could not answer the specific technical questions we had (but would "get back to us"). Paradise sent a team, and they certainly could answer the technical questions, and that impressed us. At the time of our installation, there were numerous federal and state incentives. Paradise walked the applications through all the various agencies. That saved us time and frustration, and made the financial process much easier. Paradise correctly calculated the correct size solar array, with the amount of electricity we are selling back to the grid eliminating our monthly electric bill. While that savings is being used to pay the loan from Farm Credit to install the solar, once the loan is paid off, the not-insignificant monthly savings (remember, we have a farm) from selling electricity to the grid will play a significant role in our "retirement" plan (not that one ever truly retires anymore). The SREC payments are also helpful. Paradise's systems are able to monitor our system via Wifi, enabling Paradise to quickly and immediately identify any hiccups in the system, which they quickly rectify. Another cool feature (that we never have time to really use) is that we can monitor in real-time the amount of power we are selling back to the grid. A recent power outage, with related surges, was so severe that, despite whole-house surge protectors, we are and our neighbors loss enumerable systems that contain computer modules (from kitchen and laundry appliances to HVACs and more). Several components of the solar system were likewise fried - and we had no idea. But Paradise was right on it, and replaced all the components at their cost, as per our contract. We love Paradise Energy Solutions!
System size (kW): 33.6
Year installed: 2020