Making Sense of SunSense

Photo by Gray Watson

I called up Southern Energy Management (SEM) yesterday to learn more about the incentives offered by the State of North Carolina and the new SunSense rebates offered by Progress Energy.

In what might be considered too much of a good thing, incentives abound with many agencies pitching in – so many that it gets confusing quickly. What’s easy to forget is that a photovoltaic installation is essentially a power plant. There are many variables, like which incentives apply, the size of the installation, what equipment to buy, how much of the power might be sold to the power company, and other things. It’s not as easy as just calling up the power company and having them drop a cable to your house. Fortunately, solar vendors like Southern Energy can help guide its customers through the process.
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