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Your roof, and how old it is
Hail is a fact of life here. If the roof has years left, fine. If it does not, that gets solved first, because taking an array off and putting it back on is an expensive way to learn this.
Texas homeowners
Is solar worth it in Texas?
Sometimes. It depends on four things about your specific house, and one of them catches most people out — the panels are rarely what decides it.
Education first. No obligation, and never a guarantee of savings.
The short answer first.
Panels alone rarely end a bill
The sun works the middle of the day. Your bill is built in the morning and the evening.
There is no zero down here
Solar costs money. We are competitive, and we tell you the real shape of it.
Your roof comes first
In a hail state, roof age decides the order of operations more often than panel choice does.
Why the bill stays
This is the part nobody explains before the contract, and it is the reason so many Texas homeowners feel misled a year later.
Your panels make the most power between roughly ten in the morning and five in the afternoon. Your house spends the most between about eight and ten in the morning, and again from five to nine at night. The expensive hours sit outside the sun's window, which means the power you produce and the power you pay for are happening at different times of day.
So what happens to the power you made at noon? It goes back out to the grid, and what you get credited for it is generally worth less than what you pay when you buy power back that evening. Mike describes it with cookies. You produce four, your utility takes them, and hands you back one. You can call that a lot of things, but it is not the deal most people think they signed up for.
Whoever stores the power controls the power. Right now, unless you have storage, that is not you.
What actually decides it on your house
Four things. None of them are the brand of panel, which is where most sales conversations start.
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Shade and which way it faces
Two identical houses on the same street can produce very differently. Trees, orientation and pitch decide how much of the day your roof is actually working.
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What your plan does with exports
Texas is not one rule. What you are credited for the power you send back depends on the plan you are on, and it varies more than most homeowners realize. This is worth reading before you sign anything.
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When you actually use power
A house that is empty until six in the evening behaves nothing like one with someone home all day. Your habits change the math as much as your roof does.
How this works
No sales appointment disguised as a consultation. You talk to a person, and the person is the one who knows the answer.
1
You ask for a review
Tell us about the house and what your bill has been doing.
2
Mike calls you back
A real call, to set a real time. Not a queue and not a script.
3
We look at your house
Roof, shade, usage, and what your plan credits. Then a plain explanation of what would help and what would not.
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You decide
And if the answer is that your house is not a good fit, you will hear that too. It happens, and saying so is the job.
Common questions
Is solar worth it in Texas?
For some houses yes, for some no. It comes down to your roof, your shade, what your retail electricity plan does with the power you send back, and the hours of the day you actually use power. Panels alone rarely end a power bill, because the sun produces in the middle of the day and most homes spend the most in the morning and the evening.
Will solar panels eliminate my electric bill in Texas?
Usually not on their own. Without storage, the power you make at noon goes back to the grid, and what you get credited for it is generally worth less than what you pay to buy power back at six in the evening. Storage is what changes that, because it keeps the power on your side of the meter.
Does hail affect solar panels in Texas?
It is one of the first things to look at here, and it is a roof question before it is a panel question. If your roof is near the end of its life, that gets handled before anything is mounted on it. We look at roof age and condition as part of the review rather than after the fact.
Do you offer zero down solar?
No. Solar costs money and we say so. We are competitive on what we charge, and we would rather have that conversation honestly than lead with a number that turns out to mean something else later.
What happens after I ask for a review?
Mike calls you back and sets a time. Then you get a real look at your own house — roof, shade, usage, and what your plan actually credits — and a plain explanation of what would and would not help. You decide from there.
Find out what your house can actually do.
Education first. No obligation, and never a guarantee of savings.
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