The project was a little slow getting started but ...

The project was a little slow getting started but that was because LightWave Solar is one busy company. Once rolling, the workers showed upon time, worked hard, created little disruption, and entertained curious home owners.

It has been exciting watching our energy use for over 2 months now. This has been the darkest time of the year... a month either side of the Winter Solstice. Since going live, our total consumption off the grid is only half to two thirds or any one month of the previous winter. This thanks to lots of cloudy, rainy and even snowy days mixed with some absolutely gorgeous sunny days, but short.

We survived a 5 hour power outage. I wouldn't have noticed except my mother-in-law called to say the power was out at her house. We cooked dinner and watched TV while the furnace kept us warn. If it hadn't been for COVID we would have invited over the neighbors.

I have high hopes for summer production. Given that TVA won't pay much for our energy, I am not expecting to make it rich. We had pretty low energy costs before installing so it will take 78 years to make back our investment. But I wanted to have the solar power. It's fun to say I have 2 Teslas (batteries). Going solar just felt like the right thing to do for the environment and the future.