Kasselman Solar

Sachin Sekhri

Working with Kasselman has been great. The estimate in the initial stages was only off by a couple of panels (estimated 42, installed 39) so I was very pleased to see that this wasn't a bait and switch.

Charlie

Everyone I dealt with at Kasselman was professional and personable. I started the process with Dave Kowalsky, PV Design Engineer, who patiently answered all of my questions and helped me figure out what size system I should get. There was no pressure at all and I never felt like I was being sold something. His approach was very consultative, much less salesy than other companies. For the installation stage, I was assigned to Nick Coveney, Project Manager. He returned all my calls promptly, was flexible in scheduling the work and stayed on top of things the whole way. I always felt that Nick was looking out to make the installation go as smoothly as possible. Even their roof inspector was helpful beyond what he needed to do for the project. After the installation was completed, I got a call from Dave when he saw that the weather forecast called for a storm with high winds and he wanted to make sure I added the panels to my homeowner’s insurance policy. From start to finish, these folks proved to be exactly who you want do business with. I highly recommend them.

Retail Mavin

- I did not have any services performed by Kasselman. I am seeking a solar energy system, and phoned this company. A woman spoke with me who seemed to know little about 'Solar'. She made a appointment on 'Zoom' with me to speak with their lead 'design engineer'. After my meeting with the representative I felt that my contact with them was mostly about their wish to sell a system and that my needs would not be addressed.

Aaron Evans

We recently had a ~7KW solar system installed by Kasselman from Colonie, NY. Stephen Clemens, Lead PV Design Engineer, came prepared with slides and was extremely knowledgeable to our door. We braced ourselves. We were gun-shy to do this because of a bad experience with a salesperson from SolarCity who held us “hostage” with a 2.5 hour demonstration. Stephen simply answered our questions after quietly listening. No sales pitch, just expert answers. We immediately signed up. Some things that were important to us were : 1. Getting the full Tax Credit. After this year the percentage is decreasing so it had to be this year. 2. Owning rather than renting. I didn’t want someone else’s panels on our roof. Our home insurance has more than enough to cover them so we didn’t even need to change it. 3. Having a larger system than our current use so when I get a 100% electric car in a couple years, it’ll be sized right. Solar City had said it was not possible. Stephen however said it was, just more paperwork to submit, which would not be an issue for Kasselman. 4. House resale value increase. And there’s evidence it does. 5. Great quality panels and inverter. I don’t want them to degrade over the years as quickly as the Chinese panels I heard about. These are top quality in my opinion with a great warranty. 6. Locally based business. 7. Continuous monitoring for panel issues. 8. An app app to see how things are progressing. Just saw power generation while it was raining! Didn’t expect that! 9. Bridge loan from GreenSky for the portion we will get back from Fed and State tax credits so we didn’t have to come up with it all up front. That was easy. We’ll have a year no interest no payments, which will be sufficient to get through tax season. As for the installation. We had a project manager, Nick Coveney. He was fantastic. Always kept us informed. Made a professional quality site plan. Worked with all the different agencies to get permits and coordinated with us for mutually convenient installation and inspections for City of Albany. I really liked DocuSign for paperwork authorization. No printing, signing and scanning. Even did it once on my phone. And, as a bonus, our neighbor who recommended them gets a $500 referral check!