Oklahoma Will Charge Those Who Install Their Own Solar Panels

[jon_berzerk]

Did you know that Minnesota, the sunniest state in the union, just signed a $250 million contract to build solar power stations.

Largest-ever Minnesota solar project gets tentative regulator approval | Star Tribune

it didnt say where they plan to build it

 

[Smilebong]

Did you know that Minnesota, the sunniest state in the union, just signed a $250 million contract to build solar power stations.

Largest-ever Minnesota solar project gets tentative regulator approval | Star Tribune

it didnt say where they plan to build it

I know. This Sunday had another article, and it is in 16 different counties.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Did you know that Minnesota, the sunniest state in the union, just signed a $250 million contract to build solar power stations.

Largest-ever Minnesota solar project gets tentative regulator approval | Star Tribune

it didnt say where they plan to build it

I know. This Sunday had another article, and it is in 16 different counties.

16 counties in the running

 

[skookerasbil]

Hooray for oklahoma.....a disincentive for going along with the hoax. Solar power is gay anyway........wil always be a fringe source of energy. Provides 0.2% of America's electricity. A joke.

 

[Grandma]

Hooray for oklahoma.....a disincentive for going along with the hoax. Solar power is gay anyway........wil always be a fringe source of energy. Provides 0.2% of America's electricity. A joke.

At present. However it provides up to 20% of an individual home's energy.

Math works best when you use the right numbers.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I have a 25 year warranty on the entire system.

In other words, you paid through the nose for a service contract.

More likely, he's full of shit.

There is that.

 

[jillian]

OMG, I guess the Right is desperate to fight solar power.

Oklahoma Will Charge Customers Who Install Their Own Solar Panels | NationofChange

Oklahoma residents who produce their own energy through solar panels or small wind turbines on their property will now be charged an additional fee, the result of a new bill passed by the state legislature and expected to be signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin (R).
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retarded

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I have a 25 year warranty on the entire system.

In other words, you paid through the nose for a service contract.

the paperwork i was looking at offered a 2 year warranty

but i suppose anything is possible

That is the same thing I saw, though I did find a mention of a 5 year warranty on the website. The only inverters that have a 25 year warranty are the brand new micro-inverters that are not manufactured by the company he claims to have bought his system from.

 

[HenryBHough]

When the life expectancy of any company that took Solyndra-type funding is measured in months a 25 year warranty is worth less than a comic book from 2013.

 

[OnePercenter]

I have a 25 year warranty on the entire system.

In other words, you paid through the nose for a service contract.

the paperwork i was looking at offered a 2 year warranty

but i suppose anything is possible

The warranty that I negotiated is 25 years.

 

[OnePercenter]

Hooray for oklahoma.....a disincentive for going along with the hoax. Solar power is gay anyway........wil always be a fringe source of energy. Provides 0.2% of America's electricity. A joke.

Oklahoma, the state that bans pay hikes, paid sick leave and paid vacation.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

In other words, you paid through the nose for a service contract.

the paperwork i was looking at offered a 2 year warranty

but i suppose anything is possible

The warranty that I negotiated is 25 years.

Companies do not negotiate warranties.

 

[jon_berzerk]

the paperwork i was looking at offered a 2 year warranty

but i suppose anything is possible

The warranty that I negotiated is 25 years.

Companies do not negotiate warranties.

exactly

 

[HenryBHough]

Negotiable warranties

Been years since I worked in the industry where part of my job was doing responses to bid requests from various level government agencies, notably state universities.

Frequently the specifications included warranties of different length than the company's standard two years parts/labor. Occasionally several times longer. The instructions I was given said to take exception and substitute the standard warranty except on certain products where profit margins were high and established reliability was extremely good. Very low risk in extending such a warranty. Under those circumstances we did not OFFER a longer warranty; simply accepted the proposed terms and conditions, effectively extending the warranty.

It is not impossible that a small company offered a big enough order might go along with something normally unreasonable to get a piece of critical business. It is also not impossible that somebody within the company acted irresponsibly and now can only hope the warranty never needs to be exercised.

Of course a company that knew it would be out of business in a few months (anybody remember any recent history?) would have no trouble at all offering a hundred year warranty. Gee, remember the people who bought GM cars from "the old" GM and what happened to their warranties when GM was nationalized and become Government Motors?

 

[OnePercenter]

the paperwork i was looking at offered a 2 year warranty

but i suppose anything is possible

The warranty that I negotiated is 25 years.

Companies do not negotiate warranties.

Everything is negotiable.

 

[OnePercenter]

Negotiable warranties

Been years since I worked in the industry where part of my job was doing responses to bid requests from various level government agencies, notably state universities.

Frequently the specifications included warranties of different length than the company's standard two years parts/labor. Occasionally several times longer. The instructions I was given said to take exception and substitute the standard warranty except on certain products where profit margins were high and established reliability was extremely good. Very low risk in extending such a warranty. Under those circumstances we did not OFFER a longer warranty; simply accepted the proposed terms and conditions, effectively extending the warranty.

It is not impossible that a small company offered a big enough order might go along with something normally unreasonable to get a piece of critical business. It is also not impossible that somebody within the company acted irresponsibly and now can only hope the warranty never needs to be exercised.

Of course a company that knew it would be out of business in a few months (anybody remember any recent history?) would have no trouble at all offering a hundred year warranty. Gee, remember the people who bought GM cars from "the old" GM and what happened to their warranties when GM was nationalized and become Government Motors?

So what happened to GM warranties?....This should be good.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Negotiable warranties

Been years since I worked in the industry where part of my job was doing responses to bid requests from various level government agencies, notably state universities.

Frequently the specifications included warranties of different length than the company's standard two years parts/labor. Occasionally several times longer. The instructions I was given said to take exception and substitute the standard warranty except on certain products where profit margins were high and established reliability was extremely good. Very low risk in extending such a warranty. Under those circumstances we did not OFFER a longer warranty; simply accepted the proposed terms and conditions, effectively extending the warranty.

It is not impossible that a small company offered a big enough order might go along with something normally unreasonable to get a piece of critical business. It is also not impossible that somebody within the company acted irresponsibly and now can only hope the warranty never needs to be exercised.

Of course a company that knew it would be out of business in a few months (anybody remember any recent history?) would have no trouble at all offering a hundred year warranty. Gee, remember the people who bought GM cars from "the old" GM and what happened to their warranties when GM was nationalized and become Government Motors?

It sounds like you offered an extended service contract on high margin contracts and simply called it a warranty to keep the idiots that were buying from you happy.

 

[HenryBHough]

So what happened to GM warranties?....This should be good.

Why not tell us? Or were you unpatriotic and not buy a Government Motors product?

 

[OnePercenter]

Negotiable warranties

Been years since I worked in the industry where part of my job was doing responses to bid requests from various level government agencies, notably state universities.

Frequently the specifications included warranties of different length than the company's standard two years parts/labor. Occasionally several times longer. The instructions I was given said to take exception and substitute the standard warranty except on certain products where profit margins were high and established reliability was extremely good. Very low risk in extending such a warranty. Under those circumstances we did not OFFER a longer warranty; simply accepted the proposed terms and conditions, effectively extending the warranty.

It is not impossible that a small company offered a big enough order might go along with something normally unreasonable to get a piece of critical business. It is also not impossible that somebody within the company acted irresponsibly and now can only hope the warranty never needs to be exercised.

Of course a company that knew it would be out of business in a few months (anybody remember any recent history?) would have no trouble at all offering a hundred year warranty. Gee, remember the people who bought GM cars from "the old" GM and what happened to their warranties when GM was nationalized and become Government Motors?

It sounds like you offered an extended service contract on high margin contracts and simply called it a warranty to keep the idiots that were buying from you happy.

I have a 25 year warranty from the company that installed my solar. Nothing extended.

 

[OnePercenter]

So what happened to GM warranties?....This should be good.

Why not tell us? Or were you unpatriotic and not buy a Government Motors product?

You were the one that brought it up, or did you pull something out of your Canadian diaper?