Washington DC area Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall Battery Storage

[DCelectric]

Obviously new to the forums and I have used the search function extensively, but I cannot find any sort of regional solar installation sorting. Anyway, I am looking to start a new roof installation in 6 months in Washington DC. I simply cannot find any information out about Tesla work already in the DC area. I have been to the showroom in Montgomery Mall and they simply take an email address and say that someone will contact me (they never do). But before I even have an estimator show up at the house, does anybody know of an installation I can drive by in the DMV. Just to see it from the outside. And if you know of a write up here, that would be even better, but I have searched here pretty thoroughly.

 

[trautmane2]

I might be a little too far away for you (I'm in Leesburg) but am happy to talk with you about my solar roof (no powerwalls) that was installed in December 2020. Here is a forum post that has a youtube link to a time lapse video of my install:

Time Lapse Video of Virginia Solar Roof Install

Feel free to to DM me if you'd like more info.

 

[jjrandorin]

OP, there are a few regular members here who have solar roofs and have chronicled their install somewhere online. I dont think they are in your area, but in addition to @trautmane2 above, I believe @jboy210 and @aesculus may have walkthroughs of their install with pictures they shared here.

I will apologize in advance for any other regular members who have solar roofs I am not mentioning above, its not on purpose, I am just going off whats on top of mind when I post this.

 

[Grayson73]

I'm in Montgomery County, MD.

9/27/23 Ordered
10/2/23 Received Tesla design
10/3/23 Accepted Tesla design
10/13/23 Site Assessment

After the site assessment, they sent me a new design. I'm trying to see if they can more panels to it. It's currently 13.365 kW panels, 2 Powerwalls,

I spoke to the guy who did the site assessment. He said he's a Tesla employee and Tesla employees will do the installation.

 

[cavhash]

I'm down in PWC. Happy to share my story as well. 24 panels, 2 PW, a M3LR and MY. Installed last year and running strong.

 

[chucklesn]

I'm in Montgomery County, MD...about two miles from the Westfield mall.
2021 installation with 12.4 kW Solar Roof with 2 Powerwalls. It's not the latest version and has glass dummy tiles versus the steel ones.

DM me if you want to come by and check it out.

 

[GrnLivn]

We are in the Tysons Corner area if you any questions. We had our system installed in March 2021. The Tesla Energy solar roof installers are based out of MD and are a good group to work with. On the other hand, the subcontracts they used at the time to tear down the old roof were not so great (left loose nails around our swing set, destroyed trim and siding on areas next to where roof was to be installed, and made a few other mistakes we have had to patch up after the fact).

Also, we recently had some maintenance work performed by Tesla Energy. The technician mentioned that Tesla is scaling back on new installs and starting to hand things over to 3rd party “Tesla Certified Installers.”

When you are ready to get quotes, you may want to check with both Tesla Energy and American Home Contractors (The Best Tesla Solar Roof company In Maryland, Virginia, & Pennsylvania), which is the local certified installer of solar roofs.

 

[jjrandorin]

(moderator note)

Thank you all for offering to provide help / Information / show actual installs to someone in your area. Very cool to see such camaraderie.

 

[Grayson73]

For those in MD, I have a question about Pepco Net Metering. Does TOU come into play? For example, would it make a difference if I use powerwall and send power to the grid during peak time and charge the powerwall during off-peak time?