Solar Gaines LLC
9 Schilling Road, Suite 202 , Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States

As an organization SolarGaines has never aspired to follow in the footsteps of the large national solar companies in providing all things to all people.  Instead, the Baltimore-based company has made it its mission to improve the way people and companies in Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania & Delaware generate, consume and pay for electricity.  To achieve this, SolarGaines brought together the talents of its two founders, lifelong friends Tom  Gaines and Hans Wittich.  This coupling created a company that is backed, on the one hand, by more than 35 years’ construction experience and, on the other, by the knowledge of a lifelong finance professional.  This team at the top is a crucial part of why SolarGaines is so successful.  The company not only installs state-of-the-art equipment, but it does so utilizing a complex web of tax incentives and financial inducements that make solar a highly advantageous investment.  With these founders guiding the way, SolarGaines mission is to help everyone they can enjoy cleaner, less-expensive electricity. They do it by taking care of all the details along the way, handling all of the work courteously and expertly, and then standing behind it all in the way that only a neighbor would.  Better electricity is very important, but so is the power of people you can count on.

How Solar Works

Solar technology isn’t new.  People have been developing the idea of converting sunlight into electricity since the 1860s.  Today’s panels collect the sun’s energy and turn it into direct current (DC) electricity.  Your home or commercial building runs on AC electricity, so an inverter is installed along with your array to convert your electricity and make it useful.  In some cases this creates all the electricity you need or even generates a surplus. That will make your electric meter spin slower or even spin in the opposite direction.  The slower it goes, the more you are generating and the less you pay.  When it is going backwards you are actually selling the surplus electricity you generate back to the utility company.

Benefits of solar

The benefits of going solar are so numerous it’s hard to easily list them all.  The financial benefits alone are wide-ranging and most people are unaware of all the ways in which they save money on the purchase, on their taxes, and on their electric bill, let alone understanding the instant cash that can be generated from SREC certificates.  And of course the best benefit of all is what clean, renewable energy does for our planet.

Why SolarGaines means business

SolarGaines is popular with business owners who occupy their own commercial property in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC for one reason: We handle everything. We start with auditing your site to discover all of its unique complexities and end by monitoring and maintaining your system for years into the future. In between we design your system, handle all the permitting, install the array, inspect all work, and handle all aspects of interconnection with your local utility. Our whole diverse team of solar experts is involved to make sure you benefit from every advantage a well-installed solar array can provide you.

Financial Advantages

Commercial Solar Costs There are many reasons why solar on a commercial building is far more affordable than you may think. In fact, it is an investment of capital that can return more than 40% annually. More than that, it has positive tax implications, decreased dependence on utility company rate increases, and predicable operating cost benefits.

Commercial Clients

SolarGaines clients represent a variety of well-known companies and industries in the Baltimore area, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia.  Our solar panel installations for commercial properties help businesses perform better by permanently lowering overhead and by freeing up cash.  Find some of the commercial properties where we have installed solar systems.

The SolarGaines process for commercial buildings is a turnkey solution.  We handle everything, from initial site examination and system design, to financing, installation, interconnection with the local utility and ongoing monitoring. 

Here are the steps we follow:

• Site audit
• System design
• Permitting
• Installation
• Inspection
• Interconnection
• Monitoring

The profitable facts about solar Commercial Solar Costs The many financial advantages of installing a solar system at your commercial building add up to a serious investment with nice returns compared to other typical investments, such as a CD or a bond.  First of all, the costs of purchasing a solar array are offset by the many government and utility company benefits.  These various incentives ensure that the cash that’s laid out for the system is usually returned in just 3 short years.  But there are major differences between an investment in solar in your commercial building and investing your available cash in CDs and bonds.

Here are a few:

• CDs and bonds usually pay investors somewhere in the neighborhood of 4%.
• The ongoing annual yield of a solar system is at least 9%, for a purchase without debt, and approximately more than 45% or more when a portion of the cost is funded with a loan.
• Incentives also include SREC certificates that are earned from the utility company (which is obligated by law to generate a certain amount of its electricity from solar) and typically sold for cash by building owners
• Federal tax credits
• Accelerated depreciation schedule
• State grants.
• Lower or eliminated electricity bills for the next 30 years.
• When you take all factors into consideration, solar is a special investment you don’t want to miss.