Kansas and Missouri Leaders
in Solar Panel Installation
ABOUT
OUR COMPANY
Formed with 15 total years of experience, Browning Electric is here to serve the solar installation needs of Missouri and Kansas. We are a small, private company that takes pride in our quality installations and service at competitive prices. The owner, a NABCEP certified master electrician, is personally involved with the design and installation of every system we sell and install.
Why Solar?
- 25 year production warranty on all panels
- 8 year payback on most residential systems; 3 years commercial
- 26% federal tax credit on all systems
- Additional rebates provided by some local utilities, including Evergy customers in Missouri
- As utility prices increase, your investment becomes more valuable; and you protect yourself against rising energy costs.
- Annual returns of 10-30% are almost always a better and safer bet than the stock market, plus you aren’t taxed on these returns
- Increase in property value (Under Missouri law, the added value is not taxable for the homeowner who installs the panels, but will be included in the tax assessment of the home under subsequent buyers.)
- Installing solar panels actually strengthens your local power grid and helps the US to become more energy independent
- Helps to create high-paying jobs in your community
- Contributes to healthier communities with less air pollution
- Fights climate change
Why Now?
TAX BENEFITS
- 30 % federal tax credit is the big one
- The increase in property value associated with a solar installation is not taxable
- In addition to the above, commercial clients should receive an additional tax incentive of 25-30% in accelerated depreciation (MACRs), but they will need to talk to their tax professional to work out the details.
- Unused federal tax credits can be carried over to the next year
Qualifying Homes
- House
- Houseboat
- Mobile home
- Cooperative apartment
- Condominium
- Manufactured home that conforms to Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
With the exception of some rural areas, all of our systems come with system monitoring included. This allows you to see what your system is producing, on a real time basis, right from your computer or smart phone. These monitoring systems are pretty neat and allow you to see how much energy any given panel has produced on a given day, month, or year. It also allows us to see if your system is running properly, or if the system needs attention. If we or the customer find an issue, we can send someone out to fix it right away, so you get the most out of your investment.
All solar panels we install are warrantied for 25 years by the manufacturer. Our higher end panels are guaranteed to only degrade by 10% by year 25, meaning, in the last year of the warranty, they should still be producing 90% of the power they made when they were brand new.
A cash financed system will pay for itself in about 7-8 years, leaving the owner with well over 15 years of free electricity after the system pays for itself. Our solar loan program offers no money down and your new utility bill plus your loan payment will be less than your old utility bill, so you can start saving in your first month with no out-of-pocket expense. With electricity rates in the region expected to rise 4% per year, solar also provides an attractive way to hedge against cost increases
In six years of installing solar panels, the owner has not had one single incidence of a roof leak. The racking systems we employ are UL listed and, when installed properly, are completely insusceptible to leaking.
Any system can employ batteries, but for most customers, they are unnecessary and cost-prohibitive. 99% of systems we install are grid-tied, meaning you are still connected to the power grid, and electricity can flow both ways. Here’s how it works: Your system produces power during the day while most people are at work and not using much power. The excess power is sent out onto the grid where it is used by area homes and businesses. Your meter records how much power is going out, and the power company essentially gives you a credit to use that same amount of power when you get home at night. In this way, the utility is basically acting as the battery, storing the energy you produced to be used later.
Solar systems have no moving parts, and are therefore generally maintenance free. However, it is not unheard of for system components to fail and need replacement. But, because all system components are warrantied for the life of the system, any equipment failure could be easily replaced at no cost to the homeowner.”
