I originally found Aloha Solar on a search of the Illinois Solar Energy Association web page. After contacting several companies, Aloha Solar was one of the most responsive, with among the best rates and the most flexibility in getting my system installed. Jon was friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable through the entire process.
His flexibility is one of the main reasons I selected Aloha solar. My roof is somewhat complicated with dormers and flat (no-slope) sections. He was able to account for all of this and able to design the largest system that my roof could fit. Other companies that I considered were less willing to install on certain portions of the roof. Jon designed the largest system possible while still following the fire code to the letter and being approved by the village inspector. The only con to speak of was that it did take longer than expected to have the panels installed on the roof, but it was still within an acceptable time frame.
Jon has also been very responsive about issues that my system had. One of the sixteen panels was not registering in the first week and they were able to quickly fix it to get the whole system running as expected. About four months in, my inverter stopped communicating, causing the system to go dark for a couple of days. Jon reached out very quickly to Solaredge and got the system up and running again quickly without requiring another house call.
After the system was installed, Jon did the legwork for requesting the Solar Renewable Energy Credit. I recently got a check for about one-third of the cost of the system, with another portion back as a federal tax credit The total expected payback time for the cost out of pocket will be about nine years for my roof. My monthly bill with ComEd since installing the panels has averaged about sixteen dollars since spring and should stay this way until winter time. read more