Battery storage
Home battery or generator in Pike County?
A straight comparison of home battery backup and a Generac standby generator for Pike County houses: fuel, run time, noise, upkeep and permits.
Field Notes
Field notes from the Tri-State
Straight answers about solar, battery backup, roofing, and home comfort from the crew that installs them across Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
Battery storage
Which circuits should my battery back up?
How to choose the circuits a home battery backs up in Pike County and the Tri-State, starting from the loads that keep a house livable during an outage.
How solar works
Do solar panels work in a Poconos winter?
Snow, short days and a low sun angle change what a Tri-State solar array makes in January. The honest seasonal shape, and how the PA netting year covers it.
Bills and rates
What is the price to compare on a PPL bill?
The price to compare is the supply half of a PA electric bill only. How it is set, why shopping never lowers delivery, and what it means with solar.
Bills and rates
What is a net metering true-up in PA?
How a net metering true-up reads on a Pennsylvania electric bill: which kWh credits roll over, when the year closes, and what leftover credits are worth.
How solar works
When does solar permission to operate come?
What each utility interconnection letter means, from application to permission to operate, and how to tell whether your PA solar project is stuck.
How solar works
Ground mount or roof mount in Pike County?
Ground mount or roof mount in Pike County? Trenching, frost depth, township setbacks, and when acreage solves a roof problem instead of making one.
How solar works
Does tree shade kill solar in the Poconos?
Wooded lots are normal here. What shade does to a string, how module-level electronics help, and when we tell a Poconos homeowner not to bother.
How solar works
Why does solar start at my electrical panel?
Your main service panel decides more of a solar design than the roof does. What we check on a site visit in Pike County, the Poconos, Orange and Sussex.
Talk to us
Have a question we have not answered yet?
Tell us about your house and what you want it to do. We will look at the roof, the panel, and the utility, and give you a straight answer.