WattPlan®
Rooftop Solar (PV) and Battery Storage
WattPlan’s Rooftop Solar & Battery Storage offering enables utilities and energy agencies to offer their customers automated education and advice for solar and battery storage systems
Benefits to Programs:
- Reduce support time by customer service representatives on solar and storage program and ownership questions
- Drive enrollment in programs that utilize rooftop solar and battery storage
- Reduce customer escalations and complaints by educating customers on correctly sizing their solar & battery systems
- Gain customer and program insights to drive program improvements
Benefits to Customers:
- Personalized rooftop analysis specific to the user and their home
- Objective rooftop system sizing based on energy usage and a recommended target energy offset
- Unbiased information related to sensitive financial conversations, including a realistic estimate of ROI and estimated utility rate escalation from the source
- Detailed financial impact and cost statements reflect local incentives and actual utility rates
Discover WattPlan Rooftop Solar and Battery Storage
This short overview shows how WattPlan helps utilities provide personalized rooftop solar and battery storage guidance that reduces customer support needs and empowers informed energy decisions.
Personalized Experience
- Individualized estimates based on roof plane data and expected solar irradiance at user’s specific address
- Considers user’s current energy usage by integrating with utility AMI data
- Results are tailored to user goals, such as bill savings, carbon reduction or resilience
- Customizable copy enables utilities to deliver their unique program messaging
PV Module – Authenticated Landing Page
Use customer’s actual meter interval data for the most accurate estimates
PV Module – Solar and Storage SxS uncropped
Include battery storage in estimates for users interested in resilience during power outages
PV Module – Address Entry
Personalized analysis includes rooftop plane data, shading and anticipated solar irradiance
PV Module – Results Summary
Results include financial and environmental impacts
Trusted Calculations
- Reflects utility-specific data, including utility rates, utility escalation rate, incentives and programs
- Models multiple financial options, including cash, loan, lease and PPA
- Up-to-date incentives at the federal, state and local (city or utility) level included
- Factor the maintenance and system lifecycle, including battery degradation and replacement in ROI calculations
PV Modules – Incentives
Details up-to-date incentives, including federal tax credits for rooftop solar and battery storage
PV Module – Solar Financing Comparison
Evaluate complex financial options side by side, including cash, loan, lease and PPA
PV Module – Modify Storage
Customize energy capacity, max power and unit price for battery storage
PV Module – Financial Details
Financial calculations include financing costs, maintenance cost and lifetime savings.
Actionable Guidance
- Users are shown “next steps” as defined by the utility including links to marketplaces, program enrollment and trusted contractor lists
- Customized and personalized estimates can be downloaded by users for use in conversations when considering solar & battery storage
- Utilities gain customer insights from surveys, user feedback and estimate data
All Modules – Take our survey
Save estimates for future reference
All Modules – Take our survey
Collect feedback directly from users
All Modules – Next steps
Next steps can be customized by the utility
Case Study
Rappahannock Electric Co-op (REC) streamlines solar processes
See how REC streamlined its solar program by automating customer education
