Re: Happy birthday!

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2022 17:08:55 -0700
 >
 > On 4/2/22 4:20 PM, Robert wrote:
 > > Did you use a company to get it installed?  If so, who?  And, were there
 > > any gotchas that one should be aware of?
 > 
 > I used Solar Union (solarunion.com).  They're very expensive, but they 
 > did a good job of answering my questions and didn't try to oversell me 
 > in terms of how much capacity I'd need.  But they're /very/ expensive.

OK, thanks.  Since I paid off my mortgage, I have this big pile of money I
need to use.  Cost is less important than a quality installation.

 > Make whoever does the work install batteries at the same time; I didn't 
 > do that, and now I'm having it done separately, which probably makes it 
 > more expensive and certainly makes it slower.

Oh, yes, I was definitely intending to get batteries with the install.  My
goal is to be off-the-grid, which I expect to be very, very expensive.

 > What happened about that proposed tax to PG&E for solar panel owners?

AFAIK, PG&E is still pushing for it, unfortunately.