Intermountain Wind and Solar review

First of all, I support solar energy, but not if it means having to pay for the panels' financing in addition to my electric bill, as Idaho Power has the option to do if you generate electricity from your own solar panels. Unfortunately, you won't know if your home meets the power requirements for your panels to be connected to the grid until after you've signed all of the contracts and Idaho power has been notified. The next time you receive an electric bill from Idaho Power, it will include a YouTube or Powerpoint presentation explaining why your solar power production may be compensated at a lower rate than you expected. You might have second thoughts about signing the contract had you seen that presentation first. Without a doubt, the sales staff will assure you that you pose no threat. Another solar panel installation firm recently contacted me. As I explained, I am not interested unless they can assure me that the electricity rates in Idaho will not increase. They made it clear they couldn't make any promises in that regard. I suggest calling Idaho Power to get their input before making any final decisions about purchasing solar panels. This is all relevant because I reneged on my contract after learning that Idaho Power could alter the rates I was to be charged, and as a result, I owe IWS some money for their lack of candor. If you want assurance that Idaho Power won't raise your rates, you should ask them straight out. - Lucas W.

The initial setup and service were excellent. Yet, after a year, the system keeps tripping, and we no longer have solar production. The system may be triggered multiple times daily, and customer service claims they have no idea when the problem will be resolved because the company has no plans to visit our city. It's been over two months since mid-February that this has been happening. However, we are still making loan payments on the solar system and experiencing disappointingly low levels of solar output. Support says it's probably not the circuit breaker, but they won't send someone out to fix it anyway. - Henry E.

I started looking into solar power not too long ago, and the first company I contacted was very aggressive. Sales tactics that put undue pressure on me to make a quick decision, etc. Therefore, I decided to make contact with IM. When I asked them to stop calling and emailing me so much, they eventually stopped. I went ahead and requested a quote, only to have the salesman inform me that he couldn't provide one electronically. I explained to him that my wife has a disability and that we couldn't have any more salespeople visiting our house at the moment. He told me they were unable to proceed in that fashion, and he would not be taking my company. So, guess what? I consider it discrimination if a company refuses to do business with someone because of their disability. Furthermore, they are not exactly accommodating, are they? And I really hope nobody else decides to work with them. - Theodore K.

I was trying to get a quote for a future office space for my company. I immediately called their office and told them about my project. The vice president of project development was kind enough to email an estimate for my work after our conversation. I emailed him again to get an official estimate, but got no response; I also called and left a message and talked to a man named Jackson; Jackson said he would email me an estimate within a week, but when that time passed and there was no response, I contacted him again. This time Jackson said he did not work with commercial projects. The delay in completing my project would be four weeks. If the project costs less than $30,000, these big companies probably won't bother with it. As with URAC, another large corporation, I waited a week for an answer before I got the call that I was being transferred to a smaller subcontractor. - Mateo C.

In September of 2015, we had solar panels installed by Intermountain Wind and Solar. In total, we had to shell out $25,000. A total of $15,300 was paid after deductions and credits. We could save $1,200 annually, or $100 every month, according to Intermountain Solar's bid. My records show that I have been saving an average of $74 per month, or $888 per year, for the past 25 months. This is 75% of the amount they estimated I would save with their bid. The rate in Bountiful, where I currently reside, is.085/kwh, which is significantly less than the rate charged by Rocky Mountain Power. For a $15,300 investment to return to its initial value would take 17 years at the current rate. Because of this, solar energy isn't something I'd suggest. - Daniel R.