[RE-wrenches] Fed tax credit?

[Drake]

Isn't there a per watt cap that would tend to 
prevent major maintenance costs being included?


At 10:10 AM 5/17/2012, you wrote:
>Roof work (including shingles, flashing, 
>strengthening rafters, etc.), structural work, 
>civil work (excavating, trenching, etc.), 
>fencing and signage, electrical changes and 
>upgrade, design work, permit costs, 
>interconnection costs, etc. everything required 
>to install the system should be specified in 
>writing so that customers or their accountants 
>can determine tax incentives eligibility.
>
>Joel Davidson
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Click" <daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu>
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>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fed tax credit?
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>It's my understanding that shingles would not be included, just as you
>can't build a house and then claim that it's a 5kW PV rack, for an
>$80,000 tax credit. The act of installing PV doesn't necessarily require
>that the shingles be replaced.
>
>Electrical panel work may be OK if, say, you're putting a 30A PV breaker
>in a 100A panel-- the addition of the PV likely requires a change to the
>panel to remain code compliant. Similarly, if code requires you to
>upgrade the service for your interconnection to be legal, then I would
>say that that change is eligible for that ITC.
>
>On 2012/5/17 0:46, Alex Cozine wrote:
>>To add to the question, what about electrical panel work, or even
>>service upgrade?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Jesse Dahl <dahlsolar at gmail.com
>><mailto:dahlsolar at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     I remember someone asking something kind of similar before, but
>>     couldn't find it in the archives.  Can replacing the shingles be
>>     considered when calculating the total cost of a PV system for
>>     Federal tax credit?
>>
>>     Thanks as always!
>>
>>     Jesse
>>
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Drake Chamberlin
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