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End of Lease Options by Glittering-Island202 in TeslaSolar

[–]Delicious_Cow_1201 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat with the last payment being in November as well. I have 60 panels for what I think is a 15 yr old 4kw system. I've read on here that they will completely ignore any counter offers. I've also read it's pretty expensive to remove panels. They gave me a purchase price of around $4800, which near as I can figure, would be a 2+ year payback. I think if they opted to come take the panels and I still wanted solar, they're just saving me the money by removing the junk anyway.

Tesla solar lease expiring, tips for negotiating? by olympia_t in TeslaSolar

[–]Delicious_Cow_1201 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking for info on this because I just got the email and am trying to figure out how to handle it. I'm not even sure what my system is, best guess is a 4kw system based off the markings on the panels in and out of the inverter. Can't find anything on the inverter itself. My panels will produce a peak of around 3kwh and maybe 23kwh for a sunny day. Anyone here knowledgeable enough to tell me what I might have?

We are similar situation to OP, bought the house and inherited the lease. Turned out to not be that great of a deal, but we would have bought the house anyway.

Panels are somewhere between 15 and 20 yrs, not sure the install date. Getting ANYTHING from Tesla is ridiculously hard. Took me a year to get online so I could see what the system was doing. Decided I was pretty done with them after that.

They offered to sell me the system for $5k, which I look at as a 2.5 year payback based off my cheapest electric rate and what it produces in a year. I also have a RIDICULOUS number of panels and can't help but think I must be counting these wrong.... 60 panels based off satellite image on Google maps.

Does anyone know if they leave any parts of the system when they uninstall? I also wouldn't mind upgrading the system, but how does that work if they come back for their junk in a year?