Your Energy Solutions
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7.3
Overall Score
Author: Kaitlyn Short
Your Energy Solutions is a solar energy company that seeks to eliminate your electric bill by harnessing the power of the sun. Your Energy Solutions prides itself on helping customers save money (reducing or eliminating your electric bill plus the 26 percent federal tax credit), providing a reliable power source, and sustaining the environment with a renewable source of energy. Your Energy Solutions offers a variety of financing options to accommodate a variety of potential customers.
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The Good
- 25-Year Warranty
- Variety of Financing Options
- Monitoring
25-Year Warranty
Your Energy Solutions offers customers peace of mind with 25-year guarantees on all features of the systems. Their Production Guarantee ensures that if the system fails to produce the amount of electricity promised, the company will make it right. The company's Workmanship Warranty (which is 2.5 times longer than the industry average) includes parts and labor for replacing or repairing the system and all penetrations made to the roof. Lastly, it includes all labor and associated with replacing solar panels or inverters that may malfunction for 25 years.
Variety of Financing Options
Customers can purchase their solar electric system with cash which offers the highest return on investment, shortest break-even time, maximum monthly energy savings, and full eligibility on rebates and tax credits. Financing is also offered and promoted as cost effective if your monthly electric bill is greater than $100/month. Leasing allows customers to rent the equipment for a typical term of 20 years and requires monthly payments.
Monitoring
Current and past production data and reports can be viewed online, on a tablet, or a smartphone using the website or mobile apps (available on both iTunes and Google Play). Panel level monitoring provides customers with details on how much energy is being harnessed through their solar panels. While users can view this data, Your Energy Solutions also monitors the data of all installed systems to notice irregularities and resolve issues. It also has a 5-star average rating on Yelp with more than 260 5-star customer reviews.
The Bad
- Limited Service Area
- No NABCEP Certification
Limited Service Area
While Your Energy Solutions serves a broad section of California extending from the San Francisco Bay area to Southern California, its services are not available outside the state. That said, if interested customers do live outside Your Energy Solutions' service area, they are encouraged to contact the company anyway to see what solutions are available to them.
No NABCEP Certification
Your Energy Solutions is not NABCEP-certificed. The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners authors some of the most strenuous and well-respected solar installation certification programs in the country. While this is no indictment of the company's quality of service or expertise, the presence of an NABCEP certification can sometimes make the difference for customers comparing multiple solar providers.
The Bottom Line
Your Energy Solutions has been serving customers in California since 2008, and has widely positive reviews on reputable review sites. Its website is detailed and helpful making it easy for customers to get a full understanding of what Your Energy Solutions offers as far as product, financing, and support. Customers are encouarged to read verified Your Energy Solutions reviews to see if this company is right for them.
