Attn: Solar System Owners

**Update, 2024: Offer has expired

I am so grateful that you have chosen to go solar! Since 2012 I have been evangelizing, designing, and selling solar in Washington State. You have made the decision to support solar and I’d like to give you a Free Thank You gift for doing so!

On the other side of the country, in the District of Columbia, a grassroots organization called Solar United Neighbors (S.U.N.) has been advocating for expanding access to renewables, fighting for solar rights, and promoting community-led efforts for solar adoption.

Choose your favorite!


They began doing this in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of D.C. in 2007. These efforts have resulted in thousands of members who now have solar. Just like you these members receive discounts to their electric bills, have raised the value of their property, and produce clean, local power for themselves and the grid. Would you like to join this community, and embolden the rights of solar adopters?

Solar United Neighbors offers many great resources for you, the solar owner. You are cordially invited to join this group, through my special sign up code. If I have not sent you this code, please request it of me.

The annual membership is typically $55, but this fee is waived for you.

Benefits include:

  • A free t-shirt, and choice of stickers/signage
  • Join an online community to network with solar supporters
  • Members only content platform: Events and Info
  • Free Solar Advice and Practical e-books

More info for current Solar Owners is here: https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/gone-solar/

Click below for an example of this valuable national resource. Here are Solar United Neighbors descriptive overviews of what solar means for the various categories below:

Sn❄️w on S❄️lar Panels

Snow days can be fun, but also disruptive to our everyday lives, and everyday solar production. What happens when snow covers your solar array?

So many great southern roofs! 2015 door-to-door canvass. Install by local contractor.
Solar hibernation on short, stormy days. 🐻

Panels are placed on the most solar radiant roofs, always in an inclined position. Include any rising warmth of the house below and snow doesn’t typically last too long.

Solar installations adhere to local building codes. Therefore even with snow the solar installation does not exceed the load rating for your roof. Rest easy. Panels weight 2-4 lbs. per sq ft. This distributed weight is equivalent to an additional layer of roofing shingles. 🏋🏻‍♀️

Hit the slopes! ⛷

The steeper the roof the faster the material slides off. In colder climes the snow might stick to your modules for longer. A cloudy winter day is slowest time for solar production. In the long sunny summer days this same solar array might create 2-3 times what the house needs.

Seasons change, and so does your solar production! Weather trends, including amount of snowfall are all accounted for.

My solar estimating will calculate your annual forecast, and properly size the installation. For a grid-tied system, this means Washington State’s Net Metering law is taken into account.

I hope you were able to get out there and enjoy the change in the weather!

This home offsets 100% of their electricity using solar. Occasional snow loads notwithstanding!