All Forum Posts by: Matthew Tenney

Replaced last year, it’s flat, would probably prefer ballasted rack.

Penelec is the local utility company, seems like the offer 1:1 net metering. Also AEP/SREC credits are around $40 a mw in pa over 2022. Looking at PVWatts (rough I know) I have space for a ~50kwh system producing about 60kwh of AC a year. Seven.

Anyone know of a decent solar ROI calculator I can use to explore system size/cost optimizations?

I need to understand SRECs more indeed. Looks like PA is also introducing an AEP (honestly a noobie here). There are also REAP  and similar grant/loan programs. I'd be interested in a referral to your consultant if you can DM. 

Recently purchased a 20-unit apartment building. All units are individually metered, plus a common area meter paid by the owner. 
It is in a small rural town (qualifies as a rural community under USDA) definitions in Western Pennsylvania. 

I am exploring making use of the 5,000 sq. ft. roof space for a solar panel array. 

Now, one will be quick to point out - these are individually metered so why would I want this? Yes, that is true, but it is twofold - which I'll skip the debates or comments that don't see an intrinsic value to renewable energy. 

On a business side, given the area, I can actually offer some of these apartments with utilities included to maximize my section-8 market rent rate and there is ample demand in the area to support. Also, common areas include washers/dryers, electric heating, and lighting - in theory even a small array would cover these to net-zero with a surplus being net-metered back to the grid. 

Given the ITC, and likely multiple other incentive programs at the federal/state level (if you know of some let me know) - I can't see a downside other than upfront costs. 

Looking for a general discussion and thoughts at this point.