NABCEP Call for comments [RE-wrenches] -- California Focus

[Joel Davidson]

Mo,
We have good consumer protection in California (and in other states). If you
see work or sales practices that you think are illegal or unsafe, call the
Contractors State License Board, Attorney General, building planning and
inspection office, police, Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau.
Write to the Attorney General about the guy saying there are "10 hours of
sun." Explain that he is giving misleading information to consumers. Send
along a page of solar radiation data from the "Red Book" and info from the
CEC handbook buying a PV system consumer guide and send a copy of your
letter to the customer. If you are a contractor, meet your Home Depot
manager to tell him your qualifications and ask for referrals.
Joel Davidson

mrousso at urbanrefuge.com wrote:

> I recently lost a 10kw system to Home
> Depot/Astropower.  According to the homeowner, I was
> definitely the most knowledgeable and helpful of all
> of the bidders but Home Depot won the job because of
> their financing and 6 months same as cash -- sigh...
>
> I spent another day in paradise yesterday trying to
> convince a potential buyer that I was not trying to
> gouge her by trying to sell her a larger system than
> my competitor.  Apparantly there are close to 10 hours
> of sun available each and every day in an ideal
> environment of no efficiency losses.  I sure want to
> know where I can buy some of that!
>
> Am I for mandatory certification??  You betchya!
> There is too much schlock being sold and installed
> these days.  With the rebates being streteched thin,
> it has to become incumbent upon the CEC to start
> allocating monies to only those dealer/installers that
> measure up.  Maybe criteria a la SMUD is also an
> option?  Why should I be competing for monies against
> systems that are poorly oriented and located under
> significant shading obstacles?  Why should I be
> competing for monies against systems that are sold as
> 100% efficient or that magically use 10 hours of sun
> per day year round?
>
> I'm willing to sit for the certification test right
> now!  Is CalSEIA a potential avenue to push this??  I
> don't know, they seem to tread softly when it comes to
> potentially alienate existing contractor members even
> though existing contractor licensing requirements are
> inadequate when it comes to PV.
>
> =====
> Mo Rousso
> Urban Refuge, Inc. - A Solar Energy Company
> 760.451.9374 (v) 760.451.9784 (f) 760.845.8843 (c)
> mrousso at urbanrefuge.com
> www.urbanrefuge.com
>
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