Subscription solar in Texas

How is subscription solar different in a deregulated market?

Most of Texas shops for electricity: you pick a retail provider, ride a contract, and re-shop when it lapses — and summer price spikes are a fact of life on the grid. A solar subscription changes what you're buying. Instead of shopping rates for all of your power, most of your usage comes from panels on your own roof at a subscription price that increases a fixed 1.9% per year. The part of the market you're exposed to shrinks.

What does subscription solar cost in Texas?

$0 down, and you pay only for the power the system produces. Typical savings run around 40% of the current electric bill — an estimate, not a promise, and your exact number depends on your roof, usage, and location. Billing starts when the system turns on, not when you sign. A small grid-connection charge from your utility remains; ask for the exact figure on your quote.

What's the contract, exactly?

A 36-month commitment inside a 10-year agreement. The paper runs ten years, you can cancel any time after month 36 with no fee, and the price escalator is 1.9% per year, fixed. Anyone who calls it "a three-year contract" flat, or "a ten-year contract" flat, is telling you half of it. Make the salesperson show you the cancellation clause in writing.

Who covers repairs, hail, and summer wear?

The provider owns the system, so the provider insures it, maintains it, repairs it, and upgrades aging components free. If the system underproduces or goes down through no fault of yours, you aren't billed for the downtime. Texas roofs take hail and heat; not owning the equipment is precisely the point. Verify every one of these mechanics against your specific agreement.

Who shouldn't do this in Texas?

Owners confident they're staying 20+ years who want the federal tax credit and the asset — run the ownership math first, it may win. Roofs that need replacing, heavy shade, renters, condos, and anyone strained by a new monthly obligation. If it's not a fit, we say so.

Selling the house later?

No lien, nothing for a buyer to qualify for or assume, and free removal if the buyer doesn't want the panels. The full closing-table breakdown is atselling a house with solar.

Get your number

Run your bill through the estimator — about a minute — and a real person follows up with exact figures for your roof. Or start withhow the whole model works.