Rural grid-tied system, budget honoured
Worked through Manitoba Hydro and municipal requirements specific to the site, and held the quoted budget when unexpected costs came up.
The job
The customer was choosing between Grid Energy and another installer. Grid’s quote was slightly higher on paper, until it turned out the other company had counted a grant that had already closed to new applicants. Adam had left it out of his estimate for that reason.
Grid’s price was also all-in: taxes and the monitoring software and service were included, where the other quote still had to add them. During the project, the way Manitoba Hydro and the RM had set up the property added costs on Grid’s side. The original budget held.
What was involved
- Grid-tied solar system design and installation
- Guidance on Manitoba Hydro and rural municipality (RM) requirements specific to the site
- Help with incentives and financing that were open at the time, and none that weren’t
- An all-in quote including taxes and monitoring software and service
- The original budget honoured when site-specific costs came up
Project details come from the customer’s public Google review.
In the customer’s words
We just had Adam and his guys from Grid install a solar system out at our place. He was great to work with, being right there and helping us walk through the process right from the initial conversations, the issues with Hydro and the RM, the greener home loan and other incentives, and generally doing everything he could reasonably do to get the project to run as smoothly as possible.
When we were setting up this project we were trying to decide between Grid and a different installer. The price that Grid gave was slightly more, but that was after both companies had applied the grants and programs. After some back and forth, it turned out that the other company was including a grant that we could no longer apply for… Adam told me that he won’t include that grant in the estimate, as he knew the applications for that grant were closed and as far as he could tell they weren’t going to re-open it.
Additionally, after comparing the quotes, Grid’s price was “out the door”, everything included. The other guys still had to add the taxes and didn’t include the monitoring software/service piece. At the end of the project, although there were a few extra costs incurred to Grid due a unique way that hydro and the RM setup our place, they still honoured the original budget.
Comparing February from last year to this year, the hydro bill is ¾ what it was, but as the days are now getting longer we are seeing more and more savings. Adam and his crew were responsive and pleasant to deal with and I would highly recommend them.
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