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Just got a quote last week (US east coast, mid-atlantic region) for $2.07/W DC with a 1.26 DC/AC ratio (9.6KW panels, 7.6KW string inverter). After 30% tax credit that’s $1.45/W, which might finally push me over the edge to install. My previous quote last year was about $2.36/W and in 2017 was about $2.85/W. So installed prices are definitely going down, at least in some parts of the country.

Who was this? Do they service Northern Virginia? Thanks!

Local solar installer in the Raleigh, NC area: https://8msolar.com. I don't think they service anywhere outside of central NC. I was trying to be a bit generic on the region but turns out mid-atlantic (by most definitions) technically stops at Virginia, my mistake.

I haven't gotten an official quote in a while, I should do that. But I'm in Canada (Ontario) so my situation will be quite different.

I have a 50x100 shop with a metal roof I'd like to cover at least one half of, someday.

So many other priorities here though :-(

Regulatory capture by electricians

Labor costs dominate.