Your electric provider and your delivery utility
How to find your retail electric provider and your delivery utility on a Texas bill, and what to ask each one about export terms and interconnection before adding solar.
Read the guideCheck the roof before panels
Why a Texas roof's condition matters before solar, how removal and reinstallation of panels is coordinated, and what to ask your insurer about roof coverage.
Read the guideAfter a Texas storm
What Texas homeowners can do after a storm: why a storm report does not prove roof damage, how to check a contractor, permits, and windstorm rules that depend on location.
Read the guideTexas solar sales, contracts and licensing
A plain-language pointer to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's residential solar retailer program, and what to read before signing a solar contract.
Read the guideQuestions to ask about any solar proposal
Plain questions to ask about a Texas solar or roofing proposal: roof condition, export terms, delivery charges, who does the electrical work, warranties and the paperwork.
Read the guideEvery outside fact in these guides comes from the Texas source library.