AGENT05:30pm
Hey, hello, Mr. Garcia
AGENT05:30pm
Hey, how are you doing? This is uh Josh. I was just uh giving you a call back here. How you doing? Hello, Mr. Garcia, can you hear me? Hello program.
AGENT05:30pm
Alright, there you go.
AGENT05:30pm
better. How are you doing?
HOMEOWNER05:30pm
Good. I'm driving so I don't know if the ser, but yeah, good.
AGENT05:30pm
Gotcha, gotcha. I, I was just checking, of course, uh, seeing if, uh, you, you reviewed the link I, I sent over to you.
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
Yeah, I, I took a look at it and, and looked at my mom's uh bills.
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
She's only paying averages 22 cents uh
AGENT05:31pm
Yeah, probably not. I mean, if you already
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
a kilowatt
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
I don't, and then I don't wanna be stuck with, you
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
know, a 25
AGENT05:31pm
that we're working
AGENT05:31pm
we're selling the solar panels
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
So I guess pretty much it's
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
not gonna work out the way I see it cause
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
I don't want with
AGENT05:31pm
for the people
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
that for 25
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
years. um
AGENT05:31pm
and they just purchased the power
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
sell the house and, you know, that complicates
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
things as well,
HOMEOWNER05:31pm
uh, we're gonna be passing on this.
AGENT05:31pm
Gotcha, no worries. I, I did just wanna let you know, right? She is paying pretty high in her high months, so her average, like we talked about yesterday was around that 150. And then like I mentioned, right, we get you closer to that 17 to 20 cents, uh, in regards to the price per kilowatt. So it's definitely gonna see, still see savings with it. It's just
HOMEOWNER05:32pm
you guys or it's gonna be charged
HOMEOWNER05:32pm
off of how much she collects, right?
AGENT05:32pm
it's how much the system produces for her, right? So to give you an example, if she, let's just say, uses 10,000 kilowatts a year, then what we do is we give her a system that produces that 10,000 kilowatts. So instead of purchasing the energy from her energy provider, which I believe it's LADWP at this point or is it California Edison? She eliminates that
AGENT05:32pm
and now she just purchases it from that solar system at that cheaper rate. So whether that's 17 or that's 20 cents
HOMEOWNER05:32pm
yeah, so how do you guys determine how you is it usage or is it? based off of how much um, again I don't, I don't know how the term, but how much
HOMEOWNER05:32pm
power or how much electricity it collects.
AGENT05:32pm
Yeah, it's based on how much energy she produces, right? Because that system's gonna produce for her that 10,000 kilowatts. So it's gonna produce whatever she uses for her last year's cycle. And that's what we're gonna charge you is whatever that system produces for her.
AGENT05:33pm
she's still definitely
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
possibility that it produces more than what she's gonna use. Let's say she goes on vacation
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
for half the year.
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
and, you know, no power for six months.
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
She's still gonna get charged the full year like if she was home all year long.
AGENT05:33pm
That is correct because it's what the system produces for her, but that, that's if
AGENT05:33pm
she were to go on like right vacation for that long, but it's what that system produces for the homeowner and that's what it charges. That's it. So
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
Yeah, and,
HOMEOWNER05:33pm
the battery, I'm assuming produce. let's again, example is the 10,000. produce 10,000 because of the battery pulling in. getting filled up during, during the day and then her using it at night
AGENT05:33pm
Gotcha. Yeah, so if she were to have a battery pack and quick question again, we're, we're she with California Edison or LEDWP?
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
uh uh Southern California Edison.
AGENT05:34pm
Southern California. OK. So it's actually recommended she has a battery pack because what happens with California Edison is if homeowners were to go solar. If you do not have a battery pack, any excess energy that she were to produce actually gets sent back to them, and they don't give you 100% for whatever you generate, right? So if she were to generate 1000
AGENT05:34pm
kilowatts for them.
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
Yeah, yeah,
AGENT05:34pm
They only give
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
I, yeah, I know that especially now
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
that they update or I don't know when they did it, but the, the the, uh, when they went to the new 3 or whatever it's called like
AGENT05:34pm
Uh, net metering, yeah, 3.0.
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
yeah not metering 3, yeah, they give a lot less because I, I got in earlier so I get,
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
don't get
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
the full 100% but I got
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
in on the tube.
AGENT05:34pm
that net meeting 2.0. That's good.
AGENT05:34pm
you get a little
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
do wish, yeah, I wish I would have known a little bit more at the time
HOMEOWNER05:34pm
I bought mine because I would have got the battery as well, but I didn't.
AGENT05:34pm
No, and I completely understand. I mean, uh, at least I still think it's worth at least sitting down and seeing what we could do for you because she's still, it's averaging that, you know, 150. And I know for a fact we can get her down definitely lower than that. So
HOMEOWNER05:35pm
yeah, uh,
HOMEOWNER05:35pm
yeah, it's gonna be lower because again, I, I did the math for the past 3 years.
HOMEOWNER05:35pm
and she's averaging 24 with, you know, of of course every year it kind of goes a little bit higher just because of the cost,
HOMEOWNER05:35pm
but she's even like this the past 3 months she's averaging 23 cents a kilowatt hour. Uh oh, I don't know if that's the right term, but it's 23 cents per whatever however they, they calculate.
AGENT05:35pm
gotcha. Yeah. Cause it depends
AGENT05:35pm
on the time of day as well, like what she uses.
AGENT05:35pm
early morning, that's probably what, 20 cents and then middle of the day is probably that 23 and then the peak is like
HOMEOWNER05:35pm
yeah, yeah, I don't remember exactly, but yeah, it's, it's just averages out. I just look at how much you used for the day or for the month divided by the price of the what they charge her. So I just don't think, you know because right now you're saying 2017 to 20 some cents.
HOMEOWNER05:36pm
is there and then I, I think you mentioned that it's not gonna go up.
AGENT05:36pm
Correct. It gets
AGENT05:36pm
locked like that, but it depends on the size of the system. So like, if she were to get a smaller system, right, because it depends on how much she's using for the entire year. Um,
AGENT05:36pm
then she can get locked in at a lower price per kilowatt, right? Because now that system's not uh bigger, she's using way less energy and so like, it, it really all depends on the size of the system. It's hard to give numbers out when I'm not looking at the bill and seeing exactly how much she's currently using. But that's why I say it's, it's at least worth having the consultation to see if it, she can definitely see the savings from that point. You know, just to, just to have a peace of mind as well, especially with these rate increases. I mean, you're well aware of them as well. We talked about it yesterday.
HOMEOWNER05:36pm
Yeah, I just, I'm not, I'm not too keen on the 25 year.
HOMEOWNER05:36pm
I guess lease or or term maybe not a lease but the term.
AGENT05:37pm
OK. I mean, there are other options for homeowners. I know there's a new one rolling out that keeps you locked in, like locked in and fixed without the bill ever going up. Uh, their newer programs rolling out. We're actually learning about them. We actually learned about them this week, so we're advising homeowners of them this following week. If that's something you wanna look into as well. Our energy consultant can actually talk to you guys about that because from what we're hearing, these programs are gonna be a lot better for the homeowners because it acts almost as like a, like uh owning the system as soon as that 5 years is up, but it that price would always stay fixed for that duration. Like it would all like at that point. Does that make
HOMEOWNER05:37pm
yeah, and then during, OK, just going back to the, during the 25 year
HOMEOWNER05:37pm
term. if let's say the uh you know, the, the, I don't know the name of it, but the, the
HOMEOWNER05:37pm
piece that converts the power or however I,
AGENT05:37pm
Oh, the inverters
HOMEOWNER05:37pm
uh. yeah, if that goes out then we end up using the Southern California's Edison until it gets repaired, right?
AGENT05:38pm
Correct, yeah, so it,
AGENT05:38pm
well, the inverters, they're each for each panel, right? So if one inverter goes out, that doesn't
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
talking about. It's
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
the box that sits
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
of the house. The what
AGENT05:38pm
Main panel unit
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
Maybe, yeah
AGENT05:38pm
that's the one that controls
AGENT05:38pm
the, or that's the one that brings in all that energy. So you're saying if your
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
so if that goes
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
right, so if that goes out then we end up until it gets repaired, we end up having to um use Southern California's or Edison's power
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
until it gets repaired, right?
AGENT05:38pm
Correct. Well, what I can tell you is if your main panel unit were to go out, not even California Edison can bring you power to your home cause your main power unit, right, is what helps turn on everything on your property. So if that were
AGENT05:38pm
yeah, that, yeah.
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
it's then it's not that uh it's,
HOMEOWNER05:38pm
I don't know the name of it, but it's
HOMEOWNER05:39pm
could be different cause
AGENT05:39pm
yeah, it's probably the system itself you're talking like if the solar system were to go out, correct?
HOMEOWNER05:39pm
yeah, the, the panel that controls us that, again, I don't know the if it's what it's called, but at least in my house, I have to, like we're at some time and I don't know if having a battery changes things, but the so, so what happened with me is the solar panel, so that went out on me once.
HOMEOWNER05:39pm
um, and then, well, I have, I went to Tesla, so they, they went ahead and replaced it, but during the time that I was waiting for it to get replaced. pretty much Edison was providing all the power to me instead of solar. during the day
AGENT05:39pm
yes, and yes.
HOMEOWNER05:39pm
Now, so if that part goes out, then we're gonna for, for this system. what do you guys how fast can you guys get to replace that?
AGENT05:39pm
Yeah, especially if it's something serious as you have no power from that system. We're out the next day. Uh, I can assure you that because there has been,
AGENT05:39pm
you know, some homeowners that reach out to us saying, hey,
AGENT05:40pm
uh, a panel or two of mine are out.
AGENT05:40pm
We're out the next day because we're acting as the new energy provider, essentially, right? Since that system's on top of your house and you're getting energy from that. We would need to respond to that right away. So we, we're out pretty much next day if anything the following day after that.
HOMEOWNER05:40pm
and then you guys are mon or maybe
HOMEOWNER05:40pm
not you but whoever we end up doing the contract with is it are they monitoring the system or do we as the owners we have to call you guys.
HOMEOWNER05:40pm
them to have, you know, to report the issue.
AGENT05:40pm
Yeah, really good question. So, it does come with a monitoring app. So it's an application where you can check on a daily basis. So if you see something that is a little wrong with the system where you see that a panel's not pulling in energy, you would need to notify us right away so we can go out there and do that. Now, if we notice that the whole entire system's not working and there's nothing being reported, then that's when we'll probably, we'll reach out to you and be like, hey, um, is everything OK with your system? Have you got a checking bill or anything like that? But if it's something in regards to like, oh, you know, uh one of my paddles are a little bit off in production. Then, of course, that would be something the homeowner would need to check on their mobile app.
HOMEOWNER05:41pm
I guess whenever those other plans come around, maybe you got you can reach out to me to see if those uh and then I guess I didn't really catch exactly what the new plans. It's just, yeah, I'm just not keen and that's why we didn't lease back then. It's just I don't care to be in a long term contract.
HOMEOWNER05:41pm
because we
HOMEOWNER05:41pm
never know if we decide to needed to sell, that's gonna make things a bit harder to sell. um I, I'm sure again I don't know if it's how much
HOMEOWNER05:41pm
different it sounds like at least. I know it's a little bit different than a lease, but it's still, um, I don't, you know, if we decide to sell the buyer. is going to have to, I don't, does it automatically go to the buyer to the new
HOMEOWNER05:42pm
buyer, or
HOMEOWNER05:42pm
do they have
AGENT05:42pm
Automatically
HOMEOWNER05:42pm
to get, have so there's no like credit or anything. that needs to be checked
AGENT05:42pm
mm mm. Yeah, nothing like that with these newer programs with the power purchase agreements. They're not like the programs from the past. I know there was horror stories in the past where homeowners need to qualify not only for the home, but now for the solar, and they have to run their credit twice. It's nothing in regards to that with the power purchase agreement, you're, the, the savings that your mother is seeing, she can easily pass that on to the next homeowner and now the homeowner, it's kind of like calling into California to, you know how if you buy a new property, you need to call and be like, hey, I'm
AGENT05:42pm
the new homeowner, uh, here's my information. Uh, I'll, I'll be, uh, one making the payments now. Same exact
HOMEOWNER05:42pm
yeah, now what if we decide to or we wanna move it to one of our other properties.
AGENT05:42pm
Mm. Gotcha. That's a really good question. I actually don't get asked that a lot, but I'm glad that you did. So if you would want to move the solar, that home is tailored or that solar is tailored for that home, right? Because each home and their energy usage is different. So if you were to like own the system, by all means, you can take it down and take it with you. But we really don't recommend that for homeowners, because right, if you were to take that to a new property. It's not gonna compare to the same energy usage you had on the other property, right? Cause it depends on how big the home was, uh, right, the energy appliances that were in there for more energy efficient or not. So we always recommend homeowners if they were to get solar, if you wanted to move it, the only way you could is if you were to like purchase your cash or finance, but if it's part of a power purchase agreement, then of course it would stay on that property and that new homeowner just takes over it.
HOMEOWNER05:43pm
And then I guess another question is what if we later on we end up needing or we end up using I um I I guess example is I move in with my family over to this house.
AGENT05:44pm
you use more energy.
HOMEOWNER05:44pm
now we're using more electricity.
AGENT05:44pm
Mhm. Yeah, really good question. Well, that's something
HOMEOWNER05:44pm
upgrade later?
AGENT05:44pm
yeah, I mean, that's definitely something that's in the, in the works for homeowners. So if they have existing systems, let's just say for instance if you get an electric vehicle or you do plan on adding a pool. We can definitely add to that system now, but I always like to recommend homeowners if you are looking into solar and if you any future plans of either adding to the property, getting an electric vehicle, maybe adding a jacuzzi or pool, something that draws a lot of power. You want to be pretty transparent with the energy consultant because what they can do is they can add future consumption in for you. So when you do make that switch, you won't get hit the second go from California Edison.
AGENT05:44pm
if, let's just say for instance, something were to come up that, oh, a family member needs to move in, it's an emergency and you didn't see it coming, then of course we can add to that system as well.
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
yeah, and those other plans that you were mentioning,
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
is that something that's coming out soon or it's already
AGENT05:45pm
no, it's already out. Uh, we're just, uh, uh implementing it for homeowners this upcoming week so that's something that my energy consultant can actually talk to you guys about as well. Um, if you have some availability, uh, I know they will be in the area in the later part of the week, uh, for you guys. So if you have
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
honestly don't care to talk to someone in person. I prefer to do my research and then come up with questions and then get answered because the thing with in person it's
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
again I've, I've, I've been through this. They're really pushing on getting and getting in, getting in, uh, it, it just I'd rather not. I'd rather
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
just if you guys have a a package or something, you know,
HOMEOWNER05:45pm
like you did give me the link. I kind of did look into it uh yesterday. and uh kind of just seeing what the difference is between the, the a lease and this one, but
AGENT05:46pm
I mean, if you like as well, we don't necessarily have to meet in person. If you wanna do like let's just say a Zoom call to where they can go over all that with you and answer any other additional questions and any any other links to you. They can do that as well. That's, that's not an issue. The only reason why, of course, we would want to do the in-person consultation it's because they do check the main panel unit and take some exterior photos of the roof just to make sure that the property is good to go. But if a Zoom consultation works for you, we can definitely do that as well to where they can just sit there, answer any questions you may have, and then, you know, provide to you the information that you need.
HOMEOWNER05:46pm
OK, and then the, I guess to get the actual amount. or in the the I guess the per kilowatt hour
HOMEOWNER05:46pm
price. You guys would have to know exactly what size of uh system we're gonna
AGENT05:46pm
Correct, yes.
HOMEOWNER05:46pm
be getting.
AGENT05:46pm
So what we'll need is just page 3 of your mother's utility bill. That shows a bar graph, that bar graph shows her annual usage for the entire year, right? So her high months, her low months, everything in between, and what we do is we calculate that to see how much energy she uses, and then based on how much energy she uses, that would be the correct system size that we give her. So that's why, you know, if you want to do that Zoom consultation as well, they can go over all that with you and show you the breakdown on how it works.
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
OK, and then you, you said that you guys offer a purchase.
AGENT05:47pm
Correct. Yes, there's a
AGENT05:47pm
finance options as well as cash options. So if either one works for you guys in that regard, they literally break down each program and see which one works best for, you know, in
AGENT05:47pm
your mother's
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
is there,
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
do you know, is there a price difference of cash or finance?
AGENT05:47pm
not that I know of. I know with finance, it's traditionally like, you know, financing a vehicle, so there might be um uh an interest on it in regards to the cash, it might be
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
yeah, yeah,
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
for sure,
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
yeah, for sure with the loan. I'm just looking
HOMEOWNER05:47pm
at like I guess out the door price type of thing.
AGENT05:48pm
no, out the door traditionally, it's the same exact thing as the cash option. It's just, of course, if you were to finance it, then it has that interest on it.
HOMEOWNER05:48pm
OK, yeah, because I think again, I, I, I don't, I don't really care for that long term
HOMEOWNER05:48pm
contract. So,
HOMEOWNER05:48pm
we can, we can set something up for maybe a a Zoom call just to kinda what is well I guess, uh, yeah, I can provide like the, the, the annual cost and how much it would be
HOMEOWNER05:48pm
as a for a purchase.
AGENT05:48pm
Of course, yeah, I mean, we could definitely do something like that. The only thing we would need prior to the Zoom consultation, it would actually be your mother's energy bill. So if you have that, we would need page one and page 3 of her latest utility bill because that would give us a better indication of what size system she needs and then that's what our energy consultant can actually go over the different options for you.
HOMEOWNER05:48pm
OK, yeah, I can provide that page one, oops, let me get my notes here. page one and page 3.
HOMEOWNER05:49pm
OK, yeah, I can provide that and then yeah, I, I can also take a picture of her, of her panel.
AGENT05:49pm
Perfect. Yeah, that would work out great. And then uh what I can do for you is I can actually set that up for you tentatively if next week works best for you, like on the either a Wednesday or a Thursday in the afternoons or mornings. We do have that time slot available so I can send that Zoom link
AGENT05:49pm
over and you can meet with the consultant.
HOMEOWNER05:49pm
OK, yeah, and then I know, I know the roof is fairly I guess new because it was, she had it done. 2020,
HOMEOWNER05:49pm
a few years ago, so it's not, so
HOMEOWNER05:49pm
I don't have any issues with the roof. uh, as in like, you know, um. yeah, it should be fairly new so. we're good with that
AGENT05:49pm
Perfect. Yeah, as long as you're able to send uh page 1, page 3, and the picture of that main panel unit. I can definitely go ahead and set up that Zoom call and then we can go ahead and uh uh help you out with either the cash option, finance, or, or the power purchase agreement, whichever one you wanna look into, whichever one makes more sense, they can break that all down for you.
HOMEOWNER05:50pm
Yeah, OK, and then,
HOMEOWNER05:50pm
uh, yeah, so just do you want me to text you that information?
AGENT05:50pm
Uh, yes, yeah,
AGENT05:50pm
yeah, you can actually send it to this number here, the number I sent you the link to, uh, you can send me all
AGENT05:50pm
that and then what I can do in the meantime, I can tentatively set this for you. Would next week like around Wednesday or Thursday be good for you?
HOMEOWNER05:50pm
yeah, I think well let me, the one that should be uh good for me. Let me see. Well, no, actually my wife has a account I don't have that.
HOMEOWNER05:50pm
so I think Wednesday should be fine.
AGENT05:50pm
Gotcha. And then does the morning or afternoon work better for you, Mr. Garcia?
HOMEOWNER05:50pm
because he probably just I guess can we do like uh more of an evening call?
AGENT05:50pm
Evening? Yeah, of course. So like uh around this time
AGENT05:50pm
good, like 5:30, 6.
HOMEOWNER05:51pm
Uh, well, I normally today actually I got off a little bit early. I'm usually I should be available between 6:30, I guess maybe we can do 7.
AGENT05:51pm
Yeah, 7 is perfect because 7's the last uh time slot we do have for that day. So I can do 7.
AGENT05:51pm
So I'll tentatively
AGENT05:51pm
set it for you for Wednesday at 7. Once you send me page 1, page 3, and that main panel unit, I can go ahead and call and confirm to make sure it's all set up.
AGENT05:51pm
Uh, but yeah, other than that, I, I can, uh, send you a text message just letting you know you're technically set for Wednesday at 7, and once we receive that, you'll be all set, OK?
HOMEOWNER05:51pm
OK, we can do that. All right, thanks.
AGENT05:51pm
Awesome. Sounds good, Mr. Garcia. Well, it was a pleasure speaking with you again. I'm, I'm happy I'm able to answer all your questions and then the consultant, of course, will be with you, but once you send all that over, we can go ahead and uh confirm for Wednesday at 7.
HOMEOWNER05:51pm
Yeah, all right, thanks
AGENT05:51pm
Sounds good. You have a great, uh, day, Mr. Garcia and enjoy your weekend.
HOMEOWNER05:51pm
All right you too thanks