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Plain-language guides about solar paperwork

Educational reading on loan vs lease vs power agreements, payment increases, and how to find your documents. Free agreement review when you are ready — no obligation.

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Loan, lease, or PPA — which one do you actually have?

The three ways residential solar is normally paid for, how to tell them apart from your own paperwork, and why the difference changes everything else.

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How to get copies of your solar paperwork

Practical steps for tracking down a solar agreement you never received or cannot find, including who holds what and what to ask for.

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Seven things worth checking in a solar agreement

A plain-language checklist for reading your own solar agreement: the payment, the term, escalation, what was promised, transfer, warranties, and the parties.

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Why a solar payment can go up over time

Escalation clauses, step-up payments, and tax-credit assumptions — the ordinary mechanisms that cause a solar payment to rise, explained plainly.

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Questions worth asking before you sign for solar

If you have not signed yet, these are the questions worth getting answered in writing first — about the numbers, the equipment, the term, and the paperwork.

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