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At my “day job” I work as a Consultant for Healthcare & Life Sciences Organizations: Sales, Marketing, Management, Market Research, Data Analytics, and IT Solutions. I have 2 Bachelors degrees from KU and am working on my 6th & 7th Certifications from Harvard Business School. Go Jayhawks!!! The Solar company is a close friend of mine’s, he’s been running the organization for almost 10 years out here in CA. Over the years he’s tried to get me involved, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve had enough time to parter up. I'm really impressed with how streamlined their unique program is. Since joining I’ve been helping a lot of people save a ton of money on their electrical bills, but my primary role is to scale the organization's customer centric model outside of CA. Last edited by Couch-Potato; 11-12-2022 at 07:17 PM.. |
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Holy BS! You guys in KC area are getting screwed: https://sentinelksmo.org/evergy-elec...e-of-the-heat/
"Evergy, the largest for-profit electric company in Kansas, recently raised rates for nearly every customer in the state by more than 20% — without telling them. On July 1, 2022, Evergy Kansas Central increased its fuel and purchased power costs by 52%, from $0.028918 to $0.043956 per kilowatt hour, and neither the Kansas Corporation Commission — the entity tasked with regulating energy companies in the state — nor Evergy advised Kansas retail ratepayers of the change. An expert analysis conducted by Brubaker and Associates — an expert energy consulting company in St. Louis, Missouri — and commissioned by the Kansas Industrial Consumers Group found that the increase in fuel cost, without factoring in the recent heatwave, would cause the average monthly electric bill for July, August, and September 2022, to increase, on average for residential customers by 22.69%; from 12.44 cents per kWh, to 15.263 cents per kWh and for commercial customers by 28.25%. That will affect about 95% of Evergy’s 716,000 customers who have a fuel adjustment clause. Worse still, according to Jim Zakoura of Kansas Industrial Consumers Group, the increase in fuel costs is not what Evergy actually spent but rather an estimate of what they think they might spend. Moreover, the most recent billing period for which customers will have bills ran from mid-June to mid-July, so August and September bills are likely to be higher yet. Zakura also noted: “These increases will be greatly exacerbated by the weeks of very high temperatures. It would be expected that electric bills in July 2022 would increase more than 50% compared to a year ago.” The chart below from a 2020 study shows Kansans already paid the highest electric rates in the region by far, and that has now gotten worse." Last edited by Couch-Potato; 08-08-2022 at 12:28 PM.. |
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08-08-2022, 12:06 PM | #63 |
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That's a 22.69% increase from last MONTH, NOT last YEAR.
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Dial down a few notches dude telemarketer vibes
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Ooohhh, I hope you're right. That will be nice.
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I was just looking over my recent bill and comparing to past bills. That is just the increase from May. It actually was $.018853 per kilowatt hour in September of last year and $.019007 the year before that. Man, this solar deal is looking better and better all the time. Glad I did it.
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11-12-2022, 07:01 PM | #67 |
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Thank you for your previous interest, just wanted to post here that our Solar Brokerage is officially up and running in the KC area now + up to 200 miles outside the city! The website and advertising are still in development for our full launch in 2023. As a reminder, KS has the highest energy costs in the MW AND Evergy just raised the local price of electrical by 22.69% this summer. KS and CO also have the highest amount of sunlight hours in the MW making KC a good fit for solar. OFFERS: Lease (25 yr) -Save 30-50% off your Electric Bill -$0 price increase year-to-year -$0 down -$0 installation -0% interest -No Hard Credit Check -Transfers as easy as any utility bill Loan (10 or 25 yr) -Save 30-50% off your Electric Bill -2.99% price increase year-to-year -$0 down -$0 installation -Credit check required -30% Federal Tax Rebate!!! -$250 per kW (system size) = ~8 Avg = ~$2,000.00 Avg check from Evergy! -Transfers easily: If they'll qualify to buy your house, they'll qualify to acquire the solar loan Extras Included: -100% bumper-to-bumper warranty during the contract -We'll upgrade your electrical box complimentary if required -We'll patch minor issues with your roof complimentary if required Savings Notes: -Typical savings are ~$50,000+ -After the contract terms you own the solar panels and they produce Free Electricity -Solar panels will increase the value of your home, but will NOT increase your property taxes -In the KC area we can typically only offset 70-90% of your electrical bill with solar Timeline: -Inspection 1 wk after signature -Installation 4 wks after signature -Conversion 8 wks after signature -Cancel anytime up to 24 hours before installation Who should consider Solar? -If your bill is more than $200 per month avg How to get started? -Send me a copy of your Electric Bill to kcsolarsavings@gmail.com -I'll produce a savings & system proposal complimentary (no credit check required) -We'll schedule a call to review your savings potential and the solar contract Super Easy Process, No Bullshit, Significant Savings! . Last edited by Couch-Potato; 11-19-2022 at 02:18 PM.. |
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Sold the house in July and they just now got it transferred into their name in the past few weeks. Kept saying they needed a soft credit check (HTF would they not do that before closing?!) and they could potentially charge them $250 if they didn't agree to the soft credit check (ya think a month after closing is long enough... or two months... or FOUR MONTHS?!). They kept trying to tell me that I was responsible for the bill until it was officially transferred, but I turned off auto pay a week after closing (which adds like $15/month to the bill) and wasn't terribly concerned... just called every few weeks to see where they were at. A buddy suggested calling the title agency to see how the hell they were okay with closing, and they gave me whatever legal document they needed to show I no longer had an interest in the lease.... after that, I didn't worry about it as much and just randomly logged in every once in a while until I noticed the name/contact info had changed (yeah, I could still log into it, because why wouldn't I be able to ). Never did hear back about it being officially transferred though, because of course I didn't. I think the new owners are idiots and probably technically challenged, but again... **** Sunrun in particular.
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Solar companies salesmen are worse than car salesmen.
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Went with Cam Solar here in Denver. The final phase of install with the connection to Xcel was painful but have had it for almost a year now and am Loving it. Learning to hate cloudy days though.
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Fair statement, here’s a few thing’s I’ve learned that might help:
1. Early on solar sales people got a bad rap because they used to “help” customers acquire systems through Liens, against their homes, later on that caused difficulties when trying to sell the house, what a pain in the @$$, and folks felt like they were deceived. Rightfully so! This is no longer popular for obvious reasons. 2. People like the idea of being energy dependent but get scared by the terms “Lease” or “Loan” because it reminds them of a car purchase. A couple things to consider… a. You’re essentially “Renting” your current energy, you will NEVER own it, and the price will NEVER go down b. Your car purchase doesn’t typically save you $25k-$50k+ / 25 yrs, this is a savings investment, not a common purchase. c. Once you fully own the solar panels, they produce 100% Free Energy! 3. When you buy Solar, you’re buying from a “Solar Network,” not a single Solar Company like you might imagine which can be confusing. The salespeople are the ones calling you on the phone constantly, they could be from India or wherever, or worse they knock on your door, but there’s typically a… a. Sales Company, that contacts you initially b. Manufacturer, provider of the panels c. Fund, that finances the contract d. Installer, that performs the actual work e. Local gov & utility company with their own individual rebates, policies, and programs f. Broker that identifies best combo of funding, manufacturer, installer, & rebate offers specific to your local area The broker, and in some states the local gov, protect the consumer from being “up-sold” along each step of the network by bad apples. Brokers are incentivized by how much they save local customers, not how much they “upsell” a customer, ensuring a system of checks and balances. Brokers have access to all possible pricing within the above mentioned solar network, they will give you the best price to ensure they get the highest Customer Satisfaction Scores (CSAT), which will result in more leads for them and better pricing for their customers. The brokerage I work with is one of the largest in CA, and we’re now expanding our network to KC because it’s my home town. *Pro-tip: Some brokers are able to bypass paying a sales person all together. Last edited by Couch-Potato; 11-13-2022 at 12:02 PM.. |
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Just wanted to show you all this. This is the energy produced by my panels and how much used from Evergy. This goes all the way back to when I got panels up and running last year about July 18th. I took this screen cap off my solar monitoring app the other day. I have 27 panels for a 2400 square foot home. Now we just started using the AC again. Also, just plugged in the above ground pool filter. So, the daily will go up. Still, that's found exactly what I wanted it to do.
If anyone is interested, I can give more details about the price I paid and even show you my Evergy bill(s).
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Here's a current daily screen cap. Pool filter is running and so is AC. Home usage isn't much because nobody is home right now.
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