Guides

Plain explanations, no sign-up required

Written to be useful whether or not you ever contact us. If you only read one, make it the first — knowing which of the three arrangements you have changes every other answer.

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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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Three ways to start

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All three end up in the same place. Pick whichever one matches what you have in front of you.

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About 3 minutes

The full intake, at your own pace. It saves your place, so you can stop and come back from the link we email you.

Rough figures are fine — nothing has to be exact.

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Send us your agreement

Makes your call the most useful

Upload your paperwork and our document reader pulls out the key terms — the payment, the rate, the length, the fees — and lays them out for you to check line by line.

PDF or a photo of each page. You confirm every term before it counts.

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