Green Home Systems

I like the panel really well and my bill went down but not all the way I thought it would but they are nice

Fast installation, great people, very knowledgeable to answer any and all questions and great warranties!

I worked with GHS to design, permit, and install a solar system on my garage roof last year. They walked me through the whole process. I was uncertain how it would get accomplished between their offices in California and my roof in Pennsylvania, but in about six months the system was producing.

Used excellent local contractor; good service ; came in on Price

Green Home Systems was pretty easy to work with. We had issues with the first project manager assigned to us for not communicating, and they assigned us another project manager that seemed much better at communicating. We had tons of delays due to our electric company absolutely dragging their feet and the whole project took 6 months, but between my husband and I, the installers, and our Green Home Systems project manager harping on the electric company almost daily, we eventually got the project done the day before our loan was set to expire.

Martin M. Pittsburgh, PA 3/15/2023 First of all, I do not believe in writing reviews that do not tell the entire story. That is why I have waited 2 years to write a review of Green Solar Technologies (now Green Home Systems). On January 27, 2021 I signed a contract with Green Solar Technologies to have 35 LG 340 watt solar panels and 2 Solaredge inverters installed on my house. Lesson number 1, don't expect a quick installation. An engineer came out to the house to ensure the roof was good enough to support the panels and the shingles were in good shape so that the panels would not need to be removed in just a couple of years to re-shingle the house. Then the approval process begins. Local code approval must be obtained and the electric company needs to approve the plan. Lesson number 2, Green Solar subcontracts the work. If Green Solar doesn't have an electrician immediately available, they must contract with one. This took several weeks and on May 12th the supplies were delivered and installation was scheduled for May 18th. On the night of May 17th the electrician's wife decided to go into labor 3 weeks early, so installation was delayed a few more days. Lesson number 3, the electric company runs on their own schedule and they have no intention of rushing things. Another 2 weeks went by before the power company came out to look at the installation and install the net meter. You cannot turn the system on until they give final approval. Lesson 4, don't expect everything to work the first time. 3 of the panel optimizers were bad and needed to be replaced. We found this out on June 17th. Only 32 out of 35 panels were producing electricity. After numerous delays, the 3 replacement optimizers arriver on July 29th ,2021 and on August 9th the electrician installed them. Lesson 5, I have West Penn Power as my electric provider. In Pennsylvania, you can select a different company for power generation but must stay with West Penn Power for distribution. If you do that, West Penn Power will pay you a lower price for the electricity you send to the grid. I needed to go back to West Penn Power for both generation and distribution before they paid me the same amount of money per kilowatt I sent to the grid as I paid when I drew power from the grid. 2022 was the first full year that the system produced power. On average, the system produces 1,100 KW per month (more in the summer, less in the winter). The panels and inverters that Green Solar uses are top notch and the 25 year guarantee is one of the best in the business. When one of the optimizers went out last year, they notified me and had an electrician come out to replace it. The Solaredge app is fantastic. I can see what my panels are producing in real time and the app keeps track of production history. In Pennsylvania (and some other states), we can sell our Solar Renewable energy credits (1 credit equals 1 megawatt of generation). I use SRECTRADE to sell my credits. It took a little while to set up the account, but it is well worth it. Bottom line, I am very pleased with the system Green Solar installed. Don't expect a quick installation though, since a lot of the delays are not Green Solar's fault. It would be nice if they had more electricians in the installation area to prevent delays, if Green Solar fixes this issue, I would give them 5 stars.

I am glad to finally get my solar panels installed, I haven’t had them installed long enough to see how it improves my electric bill. It seemed like the process would go smoothly and then not so much. The installers did d professional work and kept me informed during installation. Sometimes the communication between Green Home Systems, Ameren Illinois, and me was a little strained.