Solar Install and Operations Process has a lot of variables and moving parts to consider.

• All solar companies are subject to these guidelines
• Major players that need to be relied on are: Homeowner, your Town, your State, Finance company, and of course the Utility company

1. The Homeowner must:
2. Apply for Solar via standard Credit Application.  If a loan or a lease homeowner must have over a 650 credit score.
3. After approved, sign loan documents, Solar install agreement, utility and state incentive documents including inter connection, ADI and net meter exchange with homeowner while in the property. Everything is submitted to Financing and M1 is initiated.  NO M1’s are deposited into the GENSUN account except for loans only.
4. You may have already received your loan statement for the first upcoming payment.
5. After this is done a site survey must be scheduled with ARC by our operations team submitting a customer intake Once we submit the customer intake form within 10 business days ARC will call the homeowner to schedule the survey. It takes about a week from site survey for us to receive the final design. We need these plans to submit to the township for permits.
6. Once the final design comes back to Gensun we may need to talk to the homeowner if there are significant changes. If not, our operations team will begin the process to submit interconnection part one to the utility company, state incentive application and permitting to the township. The utility takes 2-4 weeks to complete review and accept or decline the The state takes a lot longer currently due to a backlog and shortage on their end, typically I see approvals 5-7 weeks after initial submission.

4. Once the permit and utility are approved we are able to start the install process. The install process is usually completed in 2 days. The first day is a rough solar inspection which township inspectots are looking at the iron ridge racking.  The 2^nd inspection is final solar inspection and this includes all electric tie-ins and glass on the roof. There are occurrences where it may be a two day process, such as a large project or inclement weather. After the install is completed we schedule 1-2 inspections depending on the township, some requiring a rough and final and others just requiring a final inspection. Every township inspector is different but some are as quick as the same week while others take a few weeks to schedule.  This will initate M2 and will be 70-80% of the loan amount minus dealer fees.
5. Once the final inspection is complete we have to wait for the certificate of approval from the township. This certificate of approval is the green light for us to submit to the financier for permission to submit part two applications to the utility and state for permission to operate the solar system. This can take 4-6 weeks for the utility to approve and schedule a time to go out to the homeowners house to change the meter to a net meter. Once this is completed and we have permission to operate the solar system our installer will make a site visit to turn on the system. Once the system is turned on and part two of the application is approved by the state, the homeowner will be connected to a group that handles the solar RECs so they can monitor their systems production and have an automatic deposit set up for the $91.

It takes anywhere from 3-7 months for a solar project to be completed from solar consultation to permission to operate (PTO).  If financier is holding PTO this is usually 10% and then everything is completed.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:

If you are having a second project done such as a New Roof or Siding, etc

We will need to plan accordingly around the Solar Installation process as to the dates of this being done.

Please note that we do not control the banks, government agencies nor the electric company.  We only control the actual installation process once it is approved by all agencies involved.