Cazeault Solar & Home

Solar panel installation 1. The sales phase gave us a design and we discussed the options and pros and cons. The sales rep even went out of his way to meet with the fire department in our town to assure that the installation would be approved. As a local company, they knew about the process and preferences of our location. 2. Working with Cazeault - the install does not happen the week you sign the contract. Cazeault works with the town and the utility. But once the approvals came in, Cazeault scheduled the installation which took literally less than a day. Minor snags that came up were dealt with quickly and we are very happy with the Cazeault team and the result. I also want to note that the proposal projected saving and system output were, if anything, a bit conservative. I especially appreciated the attention and communication with Charlie - who led the implementation and Joy who handled everything at the office. They always had the time to explain things and get prompt answers to my questions. A special call out to Jon who was our first contact and laid out are system. It took a year or so for us to get our ducks in a row and the whole team was very helpful. 3. At some point during the sales cycle, I got an email from our financial advisor recommending that we proceed with the installation from a financial point of view. This was unsolicited and a welcome opinion. 4. Cazeault completed the installation in mid-April and the utility switched us on a week or so later. We have not paid a penny in electric since and have a 600 credit with electric company ( note: this was for Massachusetts and states have different rules and refs. The irs has 30% tax credit which you can use for multiple years until it is all applied to income. Ie multiple tax years. My CPA mapped out a plan that lets us convert Ira holdings in a way that keeps the tax rate level. Check with your tax person.) Massachusetts has a 1000 tax credit. 5. Cost and tax credits. We worked with 3 vendors and chose Cazeault because they are a local company recommended highly by my electrician. Pricing is hard to directly compare because designs differed, but Cazeault was a little higher but proposed a larger array. I checked with two customers who were very happy with their systems. 6. The Enphase microinverter monitoring site/app lets us track production and consumption. Just having a realtime graphic that shows production and consumption is amazing. Seeing what you are consuming naturally leads you to conserving. (Holy cow, that dryer uses a ton of power. Lets not run half loads. Or shut off the mini splits when we dont really need them). Result is (in January) we have a $600 credit with our utility and are projecting that we will pay nothing for electric when we reach the 1 year mark. Granted, we still paid for the system, but based on their projection, we will be at break even before the 10th year. Prior years we paid about 3000 a year for electricity. We are very glad we chose Cazeault Home and Solar. We like that they are a local company and they have been great (and patient) every step of the way.
Feb 6th, 2024

Charlie was a rockstar. He was very efficient and quick to solve the issue at hand. His follow-through was on point. And his creativity to solve the problem was 100% accurate. He is a gold star.
Feb 5th, 2024

Everyone was friendly, polite, respectful, diligent, and cared about their work. We had to do nothing to coordinate the link with National Grid. I'd recommend them to anyone....
Nov 11th, 2023

We were introduced to Cazeault Solar and Home by the folks at FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc after two years of frustration trying to find an installer for a home battery backup solution. We were looking for something that would work with our existing 8.5 kW solar system at our home on Boston's North Shore. We contacted at least seven other installers who were representing other battery manufacturers and in every case, they were unable to meet our needs. Whether it was the kind of inverter we were using or the complexity of rewiring the loads or the fact that they were too far away or too busy with other work, we had absolutely no luck and were giving up hope. But then we met Cazeault and everything changed. They were very responsive, both initially and throughout our work with them, they came up with an ingenious design that minimized need for expensive additional equipment, they were 100% on time and on budget for a price that was very reasonable. As for the human factors, whether it was the sales person we met first, the technical staff who designed and carried out the project, or the excellent contacts inside their office, they are the nicest people one could hope to meet. We thought they were a very happy crew, always laughing and joking with one another as they worked. Navigating the town permitting and utility interfacing was accomplished speedily and efficiently. And the whole project was over from start to finish in less than four months. We would heartily recommend Cazeault to anyone looking for this kind of solution to home energy management! Incidentally, the backup from FranklinWH was fantastic as well.
Nov 21st, 2023

My wife and I recently had a 34-panel solar system installed by Cazeault Solar. The level of professionalism and expertise we received from them went beyond our expectations. We had several companies bidding for our system, and while Cazeault was very competitive with the others, their sales, service, office staff, and installers set them apart. Cazeault was exceptionally professional and extremely responsive. They were also respectful of our property and made sure to take aesthetics into account, endeavoring to minimize any disruptions to our schedule. Additionally, they were very clean and conscientious about how the installation fit in with our existing electrical system and the placement of all their control panels. We also had the advantage of speaking with many of our neighbors in Rockport who have also used Cazeault for their solar installation. Everyone we spoke to highly recommended Cazeault, specifically referencing their professionalism, expertise, and post-installation follow-up. All were extremely happy with the returns they were seeing on their installations. One individual even commented that they had an issue with a microinverter, and Cazeault immediately came out and rectified the issue. She could not say enough about their follow-up. For all of the above reasons, we highly recommend that you consider Cazeault Solar for all of your solar energy needs.
Nov 19th, 2023