[RE-wrenches] system commissioning time frames

[Mendocino Solar Service]

Kirpal et al,

I'm wondering how the tax code will allow a 2008-installed but 2009- 
commissioned system to be expensed as a 2009 expense, for tax credit  
purposes, if the payments were made by the system owner in 2008?

Bruce Erickson
Mendocino Solar Service
707-937-1701
707-937-1741 fax
PO Box 1252
Mendocino, CA 95460



"Serving the Solar System"





On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Kirpal Khalsa wrote:

> Greetings......we recently installed a solar pv system on a  
> residential customer and it has been inspected by both the local  
> electrical inspector and the state rebate authority and approved.   
> Now that we have passed those inspections, the next phase of the  
> process is having the utility company come out and install their  
> new meter for net metering......I was wondering if anyone has a  
> definitive answer as to what actually commissions the system?  We  
> are thinking of having the power company hold off until after the  
> new year so that the customer can get the 2009 tax credits instead  
> of the 2008 credits.......
> The question is does the system get commissioned once it is  
> inspected or once the power company gets the new meter installed so  
> that the system can actually be turned on.....
> Thanks for any advice.......It actually could be worth its weight  
> in gold!.......
> Cheers,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Renewable Energy Systems
> www.oregonsolarworks.com
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