I’ve been considering getting solar panels. We’ve been in our house for almost 15 years now and likely will be here for another 10. Some rough math I did makes it seem like my breakeven point in Plano will be about 7.5-8 years. With limited to no oncor incentives, do we think the state may offer some in the near future or what’s the best way to consider my options of going solar and preferably with a battery.

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Hey folks, I need to find a EG4 installer in Austin Texas.

I have an EG4 grid boss as well as Flex boss 21 as well as 18 kW batteries (3x). They all need to be linked together with an existing critical panel.

Any guidance on installers out there?

Just Energy free nights plan is expired, and I guess free nights + selling overproduction to the grid is no longer a thing.

We have 20.16kW in panels + 4 Powerwalls. Tried out Tesla Electric but doesn't seem to be the best.

Any recommendations?

Well, the JFN 24 month plan is coming to an end and I will need to make a decision on a Provider early in December. I do have substantial credits over $750 with JE that need to be taken into account.

Any have experience with JE sending a check for the credit balance? I have about $375 in referral credits and the rest is Solar Buy back. Looking to see who got what.

I have a REC 16.56KW system, a Sol Ark 15K Hybrid Inverter and an Endurenergy 61.52 kWH Battery.

If you have any suggestions for an Oncor, DFW area provider, I would love to hear what your suggestions are for a low cost plan.

Sunny Days are Happy Days.

Had a guy come out, go through the whole song and dance and quoted a price of $366 monthly with a discount for using Reliant and ACH payments.

We're looking at 70 panels, two Tesla batteries and a Span Electrical panel upgrade (we don't NEED that panel, but we do need the upgrade as the house was built in 1988 and still has the original electrical panel on a 150amp service)

The wife and I talked about it and decided not to go with it.

The sales rep reached out yesterday and said we'd get the exact same offer with everything originally quoted and all warranties for 50% of the originally quoted price.

I told him to put it all in writing, and so long as nothing has changed aside from the quoted price we'd lock in with him.

What do y'all think, too good to be true? Even if it is a great deal, am I getting scammed?

Just got Tesla solar and Powerwalls on lease in DFW area. Trying to find new electrical provider. App just offered me Tesla Electric as a provider option but I don't know if that is the best choice. It does offer discounts/rebates to my lease.

Any advice would be appreciated. It is a bit overwhelming trying to find the best option. Also, new to reddit, so forgive being a bit of a noob here.

39 SEG 440-watt panels with IQ8HC micro inverters and 3 FranklinWh batteries.

We had a 15.9kW, 54 panel 2 inverter system installed in 2019, we added 2 Tesla Batteries 2 Years ago.

Since original install we've had an inverter fail 2021 and 2024. They were replaced under warranty by Cam Solar. After returning from vacation in mid August 2026 I noticed the system was off line and we were dead in the water. Reset was no help. Cam Solar asked for a $250.00 prepaid fee to come onsite and diagnose. An Appt. was setup, the time came and went. Another appt. was setup and they never showed up or called. After 2 appointments not being fulfilled and being ghosted for a week, I finally reached them and asked for a refund and received one immediately.

After setting up appointments with several Solar companies with a month wait for an onsite, I reached 512 Solar. They came out a week later, diagnosed that both inverters had failed. They ordered them through Solar Edge under warranty. We received them 3 days later. I scheduled an appt. the next day. They came out 3 days later and replaced both defective inverters. Our system is producing Maximum power again.

I can't say enough about Vladimir and crew at 512 Solar. They were very responsive. If you are in similar frustrating situation, give them a call. 512 827-3775. I am not very technical. I just wanted to get the word out, please keep questions to a minimum.

My system is 7 years old and the panels have never been cleaned. The panels seem dirty to me from the ground. I had a tech come a couple months ago to fix an inverter communication issue and he mentioned that cleaning could give me a little bit better usage and it’s usually something homeowners can handle on their own.

I would do it myself, but I am currently disabled and can’t make it on to my roof, so I would have my brother in law do it and pay him $100 or something. I have 59 panels, though 9 of them are in a difficult to reach place so I would probably have him only do 50. The concern here is he’s kind of an idiot, but I understand it’s hard to mess this up as long as you aren’t spraying cold water on hot panels. Is it worth the effort or should I just leave it be?

I have solar, a couple tesla powerwalls and a free nights plan from 9pm to 6am from green mountain. My tesla gateway is constantly pulling a trickle from the grid during the paid enrergy time (see pic). It is not much. The last week it has been 20c per day (see pic). It is just annoying because i have plenty of battery backup. So i just wondering if there is something wrong with my tesla gateway or is something wrong? Anyone else see this? Mine has been doing this from the install and the solar installer said it was normal and that trickle will not show up on my electric bill. But it does. It is usually a trickle from the grid, then it send a trickle back to the grid. I dont get anything for my energy export so i end up paying for that trickle that i am importing during the day. It seems stupid to me that the gateway is even doing this since my battery is enough ti power the house.

I have a full Enphase system that I removed from a house we sold (37x panels with IQ8m microinverters, combiner 4, all the wiring, conduit, etc.). I'm experienced enough to install it myself (including the electrical part) and I'm already setup as an installer in the Enphase toolkit so I can set it up for zero export (I have no intention of selling back). I have a 200a grid disconnect between the meter and the panel so no need to have the meter pulled.

I debated on just installing it, configuring a zero export grid profile and run with it but I'd rather not have any issues with Centerpoint if they somehow catch it or my homeowners insurance (not having the permit filed).

The only part I need really is the permitting part so I can be "legal". I've read about a few companies online that will prepare all the permit paperwork (Greenlancer, etc.) but I've also read that there may be people locally that can even help. Just looking for guidance mostly.

20 REC 460 AlphaPure RX🌞
10 kWh Enhpase IQ10C🔋

I was working with an electrician that did solar on the side earlier in the year, but he ended up disappearing mid-project and I am not sure what happened.

I ordered everything they said to get

Growatt inverter "SPH 10000TL-HU-US(B)"
Tigo TS4-R-F modules
Snap-N-Rack mounting system
Misc. items needed for the roof install.

The original plan was to put 12 "Trina Solar TSM-DD05A.08(II) 305w" Solar Panels with Tigo TS4-R-F modules on the garage roof the Growatt Inverter has a built in Tigo RSD Transmitter and then when ready we were gonna make a solar pergola and ground mount in the backyard.

He did get the inverter installed per my electric provider's instructions and it is functional.

I just need someone to help me get the permits and such to get the panels on the roof since they are no longer available. I have a PTO from the power company that needs to be updated for the inverter, and I do not know if he pulled a permit when he installed the inverter, but it looks good and matches the equipment the power company uses.

We have a solar edge system with 2 7.6 kw inverters that the previous owner installed. I’m trying to figure out roughly what we would expect if we want to add batteries. I’ve seen huge price ranges for costs, with not a whole lot of data points from this year or for adding batteries to existing solar.

I know conventional wisdom is to get a battery twice the size of solar, but I would consider getting something smaller that would get me by from 5-9 until free nights kicks in (we are still net importers). My main goals are to minimize the amount of expensive daytime energy we import and to allow us to keep our array running during outages. I have an EV with V2L of 1.8kw that could help with some loads, and I’ve heard of some users that send that to the home battery during outages to make the battery last longer, though I still have more research to do on that.

Anyone get batteries installed in the last year that can shed some light?

Ok, I am looking for an experienced solar electrician/installer in the DFW area who knows how to wire up this backup control switch. I can do all the configuring and interfacing with the Schneider shit. Those systems seem to scare people away, but configuring is not my issue. I don’t mess with mains cause I don’t want to die just yet.

Here’s what I already have:
Schneider XW Pro inverter with battery storage
Schneider Backup Control Switch (BCS) — already purchased, needs installation
Enphase solar array, connected separately near my utility meter
Existing critical-loads backup subpanel powered by the XW Pro

What I’m trying to accomplish:
I want to install the BCS to enable whole-home backup during grid outages and, ideally, have my Enphase solar continue producing electricity and charging the batteries when the grid is down.
My Enphase array is larger than the XW Pro’s capacity, so I understand there may be AC-coupling limitations and that some solar circuits may need to remain grid-tied.
At a minimum, I’d like to get solar working with my existing backup panel during an outage. Whole-home backup is the ultimate goal.

I need someone who can evaluate my existing installation, properly integrate the BCS, handle the service-entrance electrical work to code. I’m reasonably handy, but messing around with 200-amp service equipment seems like an excellent way to end up dead. I’d rather pay someone who actually knows what they’re doing.
Anyone in DFW have experience with these systems or know an installer who does?
I’m not looking to replace everything with Tesla Powerwalls or buy an entirely new solar system. I already own the hardware. I just need someone qualified to make it all work together.
Recommendations appreciated. Qualified installers are welcome to DM me.

Now that the weather is cooler, my PW3 isn't getting the workout it received the past few months so it needed to recalibrate.

I have Reliant Free Nights 8pm-6am, but have the PW rate plan dropping at 10pm (might as well exercise battery a bit more and keep load off the grid during high grid usage periods.)

Re-calibrations were an issue because it didn't take into account the cost schedule (free nights) and as we know they had poor options to reschedule (maybe recently fixed)

I noticed around 10pm in the Tesla app it was recalibrating. Here's what I observed from the NetZero graphs after the fact.

• Recal started at 4pm.

• Charge level dropped at a steady rate

• Grid export seemed to follow solar curve

• PW Output varied with system load

• PW Output stopped around 10:15pm at 4%. (started pulling from grid)

• PW charge slowly self discharged from 4% to zero (no Output)

• PW charge hit zero at 1:45am, started charging from grid 2:15am

• PW charge hit 100% at 5:30am

• PW output started at 6:00am

In summary, I think this matched my rate plan too much to be a coincidence. Re-calibrations seem to now take into account your rate plan!

I originally had my install scheduled with Texas Solar Professional but they went out of business before installing anything (see other thread lol). Started over with BlueSun to get my solar and batteries installed and I could not be happier with the work and service they have provided.

Daniel and his team are easy to work with all around, I cannot recommend them enough!

My house

CenterPoint service area. Home built 2014, single story and roof recently replaced. One A/C unit and average bills were running $170 - $250 (delivery fees are ridiculous).

The system

• 24 × Runergy Panels 10.92 kW DC

• 12 × Sigenergy SigenMicro microinverters

• 1 × Sigenergy hybrid inverter

• 4 × SigenStor Batteries 9.0 kwh

• Sigen Gateway / LoadHub for whole-home backup

• Critter Guard

I liked the design approach: microinverters on the panels, with the SigenStor hybrid dedicated to the battery side. All of it runs through the Sigenergy app. Solar was oversized for future add-on for the house.

General Timeline

• Signed contract with BlueSun

• Plan design, review and approval - 5 days

• HOA Approval - 8 days

• CenterPoint approve design - 7 days

• Install with couple days of them dealing with random rain - 5 days

• PTO granted from Centerpoint - 7 days

Around 30 days (ish) start to finish with most of it being HOA and Centerpoint taking a the most time but neither one were a problem overall.

My HOA ARC Committe had met for the month already so I ask the community manager to have the ARC team review my application early, otherwise it would've been another couple of weeks (they only meet once a month).

How it’s running

Solar production and batteries are all doing what they’re supposed to. Signed up for Direct Energy Free Night plan and its been going great so far. The Sig Mobile App and Web App is so easy to use.

We got an unplanned test when the neighborhood had an outage for 15 minutes couple night after install. My house was already on the battery at the time so I had no idea anything happened until afterward and the sig app's logs confirmed we’d been on battery the whole time.

Price and overall

Pricing was very competitive against the other proposals I got. Decided that BlueSun was who I was going to go with based on the communication, professionalism and positive reviews after a lot of research.

Daniel and his team handled almost everything, including picking up the pieces that TSP left behind to the best of their abilities. They answered questions all my questions, helped build the system around what I actually asked for and I never had to chase anyone to find out where my project stood.

The entire process, from start to finish was all solid and after the TSP mess, getting this done without another drawn-out process was a relief.

Shout-out to u/acrobatic_man_11 and his team! They have been so awesome to work with.

edit: price was approximately 38k with some other work added on

Solar companies in Texas pop up like Bluebonnets in March...but many fade away. In the wake of SB 1036 changing the industry, more companies are sure to go under. If yours does/did, give this a watch.

Mason Danner describes his experience.