A1A Solar Contracting
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A1A Solar Contracting designs, constructs, and installs solar power systems for residential customers in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
A1A Solar Contracting, Inc. is a privately-owned solar contractor with headquarters in Jacksonville, FL. The company designs and installs solar energy systems for residential, commercial, and government clients primarily in the Jacksonville region, however, their service area has expanded north into southern Georgia in recent years thanks to the company's rapid rate of growth.
Solar industry trainer and executive Pete Wilking launched A1A Solar Contracting in 2010. Wilking continues as the company's owner and President, and under his watch A1A Solar, has installed over 800 residential and 15 commercial solar power systems for homeowners and business owners in Duval and Nassau Counties in northern Florida.
As a turnkey solar company, A1A Solar Contracting manages every facet of their solar PV projects, including design, development, permitting, installation, grid connection, performance monitoring, and maintenance. In addition to solar panels, the company also sells and installs solar battery systems for high-efficiency energy storage. Additionally, Read More
A1A Solar Contracting supplies customers with solar panels produced by multiple companies, including LG Solar and Jinko Solar, which manufacture products in South Korea and China respectively. It sells and installs inverters produced by Israel-based Solar Edge Technologies, and its featured product in energy storage is the sonnen Batterie, produced by the German company Sonnen.
Financing is available for A1A residential and commercial clients through institutions that offer solar loans to qualified applicants. A1A Solar Contracting customers frequently obtain financing packages from Green Sky Credit, Mosaic, and the First Green Bank, as well as from local lenders interested in expanding their renewable energy portfolios.
A1A Solar Contracting has been twice named the Green Business of the Year in Nassau County, and was ranked as one of the Top 200 Solar Contractors in the nation in 2018.
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Featured Reviews
2.6 / 5
Jonathan - Florida
First reason is the cost. At the time I ordered Tesla was not servicing Jacksonville, Tesla is much cheaper, about 35% cheaper. Just so you have an idea, I was supposed to get about 21 panels and 2 powerwalls from A1A Solar and that was going to cost me $50,000. I ended up going with Tesla and got 24 panels and the same 2 powerwalls and that cost me $32,000.
Second reason and the most important one is empty promises. I decided to get solar on August 2020, my first and only questions was “am I going to be able to get the system installed before the end of the year so that I can take advantage of the 26% federal tax credit?” I was promised that the system would be installed before December 31st 2020. Of course that didn’t happen, the government extended the 26% until December 2021, but that was recently, at the time that was scheduled to go down to 21%. The thing is, I made a deposit that was fully refundable only for the first 3 days (this was never told to me, not even once) the issue with that is that from the day I signed my contract until the end of the 3rd day nothing happened. By the time I had a reason to cancel it was too late. I got a text and a call from A1A Solar in mid November to tell me that they were not going to be able to install my system before December 31st 2020. Not long after that Tesla started servicing Jacksonville and I decided to cancel since A1A didn’t keep their side of the deal. Of course, when I asked for part of my deposit back (about $2,300) they refused and let me know that I only had 3 days to get the deposit back. I tried to legally fight that with no luck, because it was in the contract, but of course they never mention that, because they know not many people will cancel within 3 days because nothing happens in 3 days, so I had no reason to cancel. Tesla on the other hand, only asks for $100 deposit that is also non refundable, but they do let you know before you make the payment. Note that I only asked for part of my deposit back, because I am reasonable and I know they submitted paperwork to JEA to get permits, which is the only thing they did, because I had to submit the HOA permits myself. So I was willing to leave more than 50% of my deposit with A1A. But they refused. So do yourself a favor, save some money and some headaches and go with Tesla. I won’t be able to get my deposit back, but if I can at least send one person away from A1A, then we will be even. Have a good day!
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