Fw: NAPCEP AND THE CEC [RE-wrenches]

[Nick Nicholas, APS]

Hi Wrenches:
    What bugs me the most about the CEC is that every time I submit a
reservation request, a different reviewer asks me to add something new to
all my future contracts!!!  I guess I will put up with it, as long as they
mail the checks.
    I support the CEC requiring NABCEP certification as a requirement of the
program, because it provides licensed, certified dealers with an advantage
over other internet and dealer companies.  This seems 100% fair to me
considering that we are the only sales people who are required to provide
free repairs/servicing for warranted equipment we sell and install.  This is
a service which has saved many of my customers thousands of dollars in
warranty work.  For a long time, it has made more sense to just sell
equipment, and let another company install the equipment.  That way, if your
customer's equipment brakes, you can say "OK, bring the equipment to my
store, and I'll get a replacement part."  The customer has to have the
equipment un-installed and re-installed, so the customer calls the
installation company, but they say, "It's not my fault the DC load center
caught on fire.  I didn't sell the equipment anyway."  So the customer has
to pay for servicing his equipment, which is warranted.  I know this happens
a lot.
    Also, as a note the 15% additional CEC rebate installer warranted
systems has made a big difference for me when competing against out-of-state
internet companies.  When a customer can purchase his equipment without
sales tax, and they are quoted 3.65 per watt, it helps to have the 15% going
for you.

            Nick Nicholas
            Chief of Engineering
            Alternative Power Systems, Inc.
            135 Colfax Ave. Grass Valley CA 959545
            530-274-0588 530-274-0589 530-913-5605
            aps at sbcglobal.net alternativepowersystems.com



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection" <econnect at snowcrest.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Update on NABCEP certification: WAKE UP !!!! people.
[RE-wrenches]


> Todd and All,
> NABCEP has no power to tell ANY state ANYTHING. We wrote a letter to
> the CEC asking them NOT to tie the better rebate to certification.
> The CEC went ahead and wrote that into the rules anyway. IMO, the CEC
> made a huge mistake allowing A and B licensees to do solar electric
> work. While no doubt a few are good PV Wrenches, in the greatest
> part, they are just not qualified by virtue of training or experience
> to do solar and that goes for most C-10s and C-46s as well. I believe
> that the CEC now realizes that and is trying to swing the rudder back
> a little. It's unfortunate that NABCEP has to take the heat and
> paranoia for that mistake.
> We at NABCEP totally agree with you that the certification must be
> voluntary. And it will be. If some states believe that their public
> benefit money is better spent on systems installed by competent,
> certified contractors, it's up to them. Frankly, it's hard to argue
> with that logic, but NABCEP has no control or influence over what
> they do in any case.
> And speaking of NABCEP, let me clear the air on a thread that came
> through a short while back. As a NABCEP director, I have absolutely
> NO leg-up on certification, jobs, contacts, or whatever. None of it.
> I'll have to qualify for and take the same test as y'all. I've not
> seen the questions pool nor will I until I sit down to test. The same
> goes for ALL NABCEP directors. Anyone who says otherwise is full of
> bullshit right up to their eyebrows. End of story.
> Best, Bob-O
>
> >I think for NABCEP to be of value it MUST be voluntary. Tieing it to
> >buydowns is
> >hardly voluntary. NABCEP can tell the CEC to not do what they are doing.
> >
> >Todd
>
> --
> Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection
> PO Box 203, Hornbrook, CA 96044
> 800.945.7587 or 530.475.3402
> fax 530-475-3401
> www.electronconnection.com
>
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