• Bakkoda@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Once or twice a month we get people crawling the neighborhood, 5 or 6 of them just walking down the road, no credentials and they wanna get me free state funded solar and all the need is a picture of my electric bill to prove I’m not already receiving the payment blah blah blah. Eventually a cop comes by a day later and asks about it because one of the old people got scammed.

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          6 days ago

          Sometimes it’s that picture of the bill; they use it it switch you to a more expensive energy provider.

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          6 days ago

          Pretty straight forward, put them on as many rooftops as you can regardless of suitability or quality components. Collect government rebate +/- co contribution.

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          5 days ago

          With the information on the bill they can actually sign you up for a different delivery provider or add stuff to your plan.

          Some of them will install panels and you won’t see money for years if ever without litigation.

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          Idk. We put in solar 3+ years ago… We’re at roughly 1/3 paid off now. A pay an electric bill 2-4 months of the year. One or two low ($5-80), and one full ($300+), another somewhere in-between ($130-180).