Complaint Review: Wilhite Solar Solutions

We purchased a 3.2kw solar panel system in December 2009 from Wilhite Solar Solutions.  After 3 years of usage, we have saved only $1,000.  At this rate, it will take 21 years to get our investment back.

I am a manufacturing cost accountant and I calculate savings, cost, budgets and standards for a living.  I kept weekly/monthly details for the first 15 months of usage and this system only saved an average of around $35 / month. 

Wilhite and all other solar systems installers advertise possible savings of 50% - 70% of your monthly bill.  This is a joke and I believe a scam perpetrated by the entire solar "green" industry.

We contacted Wilhite a month ago and requested that they check out the system to see if they could determine if there is a problem with it.  I left them a letter attached to the inverter describing the issues listed above.  They did come look at the system, but they have never contacted us about anything they may have found.  A few days after they looked at the system, the electric company came out and put a new meter in.  That has nothing to do with the actual amount of KW's that the solar panels generated in the past 3 years.

I have told many people over the past 3 years NOT to invest in any home solar systems and they have appreciated me giving them the "heads up" about the lack of true savings with these systems.