Federally there is no mandate to reimburse homeowners at retail rates for solar generation and no requirement to reimburse homeowners at all after the utility meets it s 30 renewable requirement if they meet that.
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Solar panels and green homes are becoming increasingly more common in the marketplace.
Mike ford american guild of appraisers aga says.
The skilled appraiser will take extra steps to understand the market s attitude toward solar.
How to value the appraised property with solar panels.
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So if you have a 7 5 kw dc system working an average of 5 hours per day 365 days a year it ll result.
Fha now requires you to properly appraise these systems as well because even they agree owned pv adds value.
Kwh your solar panel system puts out per year you need to multiply the size of your system in kw dc times the 8 derate factor times the number of hours of sun.
According the fha s guidelines appraisers must.
Leased solar panels remain on the roof as there are 2 agreements in place.
Solar panels and net metering for solar panels was put in place until public utilities meet 30 renewable federal requirements.
If you ve seen a rise in solar panels in your area consider taking the first step toward competency in the valuation of this energy efficient feature of real estate.
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Determining the value of solar panels is an issue that has many appraisers asking questions.
The most recent edition of the fha s single family housing policy handbook requires that active and passive solar energy systems including solar photovoltaic panels solar hot water and passive solar design be assessed as special energy systems and their value added to the home.
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At the end of the day every single analysis has concluded that owned pv systems add value to homes.
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1 utility cost savings 2 risk of repairs to the house caused from having solar panels 3 the limited number of people who can repair the panels and 4.