How it works
Solar for your home is straightforward: your panels capture energy from the sun and convert it into DC (Direct Current) electricity. That electricity is then converted to AC (Alternating Current) that you use in your home. Any excess electricity that your system produces and you don’t use is sent back out onto the grid.
Your panels capture energy from the sun
That energy is converted into Direct Current (DC) electricity
That electricity is converted for your home (Alternating Current)
Any excess electricity produced is sent back onto the grid
This often happens during a sunny day when you are at work or out of the house and not using a lot of electricity. At night, when the sun is down and your panels are no longer producing, your home will again take the energy you need from the grid. Your utility meter keeps track of your consumption, what you use in your home, and your production, what your solar produces. You are then billed or credited for the difference!
Where it gets complicated is the differences in products, warranties, services offered by different companies, how best to finance, what different rules your utility company or town may have, and so on. There are so many options out there it can feel overwhelming. That is why we at Gold Path Solar are dedicated to learning what is important to you, and helping you navigate the options out there to find a personalized solution for you. We are vendor agnostic, meaning we aren’t required to recommend any one product or service, and can truly personalize a system to achieve your goals and maximize your home’s clean energy potential!
This often happens during a sunny day when you are at work or out of the house and not using a lot of electricity. At night, when the sun is down and your panels are no longer producing, your home will again take the energy you need from the grid. Your utility meter keeps track of your consumption, what you use in your home, and your production, what your solar produces. You are then billed or credited for the difference!
Where it gets complicated is the differences in products, warranties, services offered by different companies, how best to finance, what different rules your utility company or town may have, and so on. There are so many options out there it can feel overwhelming. That is why we at Gold Path Solar are dedicated to learning what is important to you, and helping you navigate the options out there to find a personalized solution for you. We are vendor agnostic, meaning we aren’t required to recommend any one product or service, and can truly personalize a system to achieve your goals and maximize your home’s clean energy potential!
We learn what is important to you
There are so many options and it can be overwhelming. Gold Path Solar is dedicated to learning what is most vital to you.
We help you navigate the options
The Gold Path Solar team is dedicated to guiding you through your options and the available products and services.
We secure your personalized solution
Gold Path Solar personalizes a system to achieve your goals and maximize your home’s clean energy potential!
Benefits and Savings
At Gold Path Solar, we live our mission everyday. Helping people find and navigate their brightest path forward is in our foundation. Our employee-owned structure allows each team member to care more about the long term success of the projects they work on, because they know with your long term success comes their long term success.
Savings
Savings
Savings: the number 1 reason so many homeowners are going solar is because it saves you money every month on your utility bill. As soon as you go solar and are interconnected to the grid, the solar energy you produce offsets the energy that you would typically buy from your utility company, resulting in significant savings.
The average solar homeowner will save tens of thousands of dollars in utility bill savings by making the switch to solar. Your utility company bills you in kilowatt hours (kWhs), and the average American pays 13.72 cents per kWh. When you install solar, your average kWh cost is 6-8 cents. The savings are truly incredible.
Protection against rising rates
Electricity prices have always risen due to inflation, infrastructure expenses and many other factors, but recently electricity prices have been rising at unprecedented rates. According to the Wall Street Journal, recent events have caused some homeowners to see an increase in excess of 20% on their typical electric bills. When you make the decision to go solar you are producing your energy for your consumption and protecting yourself from having to pay for these rising electricity rates. You are choosing to stop renting your power and being vulnerable to rate hikes outside of your control, and are instead choosing to own your power and to have equity in your energy.
Increased self-sufficiency
Recent events & the increasing electrification of our everyday lives have caused many homeowners to re-evaluate their reliance on their utility company. The vast majority of homeowners who don’t have solar are 100% dependent on their utility to power their daily lives.
By going solar you transform your property into your own power plant and take the first step towards full energy independence, decreasing your dependence on your utility company.
Home value
Many home improvements will increase the value of your home and solar is no exception. Various studies have shown that not only do homes with solar sell for a premium, they will also sell faster than homes without solar.
Solar is an investment that allows you to gain energy equity through your most valuable asset: your home. There really is nothing better you can do for your home. You can find more information on these studies here, here & here.
Support local business
Maybe the most unspoken benefit of going solar is that you’re supporting your local economy. Unlike utility companies who generate your power hundreds of miles away and may have a national headquarters in a different state, solar requires local workers to get the job done.
Properties in your community also gain value, by bringing the benefits of electricity generating assets to each property. When you go solar you are supporting your community by choosing to build equity in your home and creating jobs for local businesses.
Going green
The cherry on top of the solar benefit sundae is that going solar reduces your carbon footprint, making the world a cleaner, greener & better place.
There is typically a trade-off when evaluating between saving a ton of money and doing the right thing, but going solar is one of the few instances where doing the right thing benefits everyone involved, especially the environment and the future generations to come.
The average solar project removes over 125 tons of carbon dioxide from being released into the environment over the 25 year warranty period. That is equivalent to planting over 3,000 trees!
