We have an excellent relationship with the BC Hydro Self Generation Team and understand the different rules and regulations for installing solar energy in each BC municipality. Our delivery process is twelve clear steps to ensure that your project is efficiently managed to completion.
1. Initial Consultation
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Fill in our contact form here or call us at 778-899-6229. We need your address, roof type, and electricity consumption information.
2. Preliminary Proposal
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We will provide you with a preliminary solar energy system design, generation output data, electricity bill savings, and a cost.
3. Site Visit and Assessment
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For 1 hour, we conduct a feasibility and structural assessment. For new construction homes, we use architectural drawings.
4. Engineering and Design
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With the site visit information, we finalize the solar energy system design and specify suitable materials.
5. Final Proposal
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We send you a detailed proposal including system design, materials list and datasheets, energy output data, electricity bill savings, project plan, warranties, and a firm cost.
6. Self Generation and Permit Applications
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If you go ahead with your project, we complete the BC Hydro Self Generation and permit applications. Learn more about Self Generation below.
7. Ordering and Delivery of Materials
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Materials are ordered and delivered close to the installation date. We manage the delivery including inspecting the materials and storing them in a safe place.
8. Installation
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We are on site early morning, have a safety meeting, and install throughout the day. Depending on the size of your project, it may be a two day installation.
9. Commissioning
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This is connecting your solar energy system to the grid. We send BC Hydro compliance information to approve the grid connection. We switch it on and test the system to ensure that everything is in working order.
10. Walk Through
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We talk you and your family through the different components of your solar system. We also provide you with a login to your online solar PV monitoring account so you can see the solar generation. Then we clean up and leave!
11. Municipality Inspections
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A municipal electrical inspector will review documentation and sign off on the permits. They may want to schedule a visit but each BC municipality is different and we will let you know if this will be necessary.
12. Warranty and Support
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We regularly monitor your solar energy system to make sure everything is working as it should. We provide you with warranties and support you if one of the system components becomes faulty.
It is important for our team to be clear about what is involved when you purchase and install one of our solar energy systems. It is an investment and we want to support you. The beginning of the process can take a while, because, for many of our customers, purchasing a system is a big deal and deserves consideration and thought.
However, it takes only a month from when you agree on the final proposal to installation. We understand that once you purchase a solar energy system, you want your investment to start paying back!
We have a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. Please let us know if we are not meeting your expectations and a plan of action will be implemented immediately!
Solar panels convert energy from the sun into direct current (DC) electricity, otherwise called solar PV generation.
Inverters convert DC electricity into alternating current (AC) electricity, which is what a home and the BC Hydro grid uses.
The solar PV generation powers the home first, with excess PV generation being sent to the grid.
Your smart meter measures how much grid electricity has been used by a home, and how much excess PV generation has been sent to the grid.
Excess solar PV generation is credited on the BC Hydro bill. Homes with solar energy systems tend to bank credit through the spring & summer and use it up in the fall & winter.
