https://sunsetup.com/blog/ Plain-English guides to residential solar costs, incentives, sizing and financing. en-us Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://sunsetup.com/blog/sell-power-from-your-home-battery/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/sell-power-from-your-home-battery/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Policy Yes — but only through specific approved structures. Solar-paired export is encouraged; standalone battery arbitrage has no general residential tariff. Here is the line. https://sunsetup.com/blog/sell-power-to-your-neighbor/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/sell-power-to-your-neighbor/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Policy Californians can store solar and bid a battery into the wholesale market, but cannot sell a kilowatt-hour to the house next door. Why, and what we want changed. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-red-flags/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-red-flags/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Buying The tactics that show up again and again in residential solar sales, what each one is really doing, and the questions that defuse them. https://sunsetup.com/blog/comparing-solar-quotes/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/comparing-solar-quotes/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Buying Three quotes for the same roof can differ by $15,000. Here is how to put them on the same basis and see which one is actually cheaper. https://sunsetup.com/blog/selling-a-house-with-solar/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/selling-a-house-with-solar/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Your home How owned, leased and PPA systems behave differently at closing, what buyers and their lenders will ask for, and how to avoid the transfer becoming the deal breaker. https://sunsetup.com/blog/lease-loan-or-buy/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/lease-loan-or-buy/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Costs The four ways to pay for home solar compared on lifetime cost, ownership, tax credit eligibility and what happens when you sell the house. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-installation-timeline/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-installation-timeline/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Buying Why solar takes months rather than days, which stage causes most of the delay, and what you can and cannot speed up between signing and switch-on. https://sunsetup.com/blog/community-solar-and-renters/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/community-solar-and-renters/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Utilities You cannot put panels on a roof you do not own — but community solar, utility green tariffs and portable systems can still cut your bill or your emissions. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-maintenance/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-maintenance/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Performance What a rooftop array actually needs year to year, when cleaning is worth paying for, and the one piece of maintenance most owners skip that genuinely matters. https://sunsetup.com/blog/does-solar-add-home-value/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/does-solar-add-home-value/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Your home What owned solar does to resale value, why leased systems complicate a sale, and what to sort out before you list the house. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-warranties/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-warranties/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment The four separate warranties on a solar system, which one fails first, and why the longest number on the brochure is rarely the one that protects you. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-battery-worth-it/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-battery-worth-it/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment When solar storage pays for itself, when it is really about backup power, and how to decide without a salesperson framing the question for you. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-in-winter/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-in-winter/ Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Performance How cold, cloud and snow actually affect solar output, why annual production is the number that matters, and what changes in a northern climate. https://sunsetup.com/blog/net-metering-explained/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/net-metering-explained/ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Utilities How exported solar power is credited, why net metering rules have been getting less generous, and how to find out what your own utility actually pays. https://sunsetup.com/blog/roof-age-and-solar/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/roof-age-and-solar/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Your home How to tell whether your roof can take a 25-year array, what removal and reinstallation costs if you get it wrong, and which materials complicate an install. https://sunsetup.com/blog/how-many-solar-panels/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/how-many-solar-panels/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment A step-by-step way to size a residential solar system from your own electricity bills, plus why bigger is not automatically better. https://sunsetup.com/blog/federal-solar-tax-credit/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/federal-solar-tax-credit/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Costs How the residential solar tax credit works, why a credit is not a rebate, and how to confirm what applies to your install before you sign. https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-cost/ https://sunsetup.com/blog/solar-panel-cost/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Costs What US homeowners pay for a residential solar system, what drives the price up or down, and how to tell a fair quote from a padded one.