New Leaf Solar

09/02/2026

Many of my solar customers have asked me about the smart meters National Gird is installing... This is what my bill looks like. All the numbers add up! It's nice to see the solar still banking over 1,000 kWh this past month!

If you want to check your own bill, compare last month's bill and make sure the "Cumulative Credit" adds up given whether you had excess solar production, or if you had to use some of your credit.

Thank you National Grid

02/17/2026

Energy independence starts with conserving power then, creating your own.

Yellow = solar production
Red = energy usage

02/12/2026

https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs/NY-Sun/Six-Gigawatts-of-Solar-Achieved

6 Gigawatts of solar VS 6 Gigawatts of natural turbines with 900+ wells drilled in your backyard to feed the turbines?

02/06/2026

Today, I spoke to a guy in Crown Point, with a $500+/month National Grid bill. People can't afford their electricity folks... This is getting real for more and more people.

I quickly qualified him for the Affordable Solar program through NYSERDA. Yes, there is still incentive money I can get for my customers to go solar, but NYSERDA is only helping families living with a low income (80% of Area Median Income).

He thought batteries were needed to go solar.... absolutely not. If your goal is to save money, you just need to make electricity. You buy kWh from National Grid. Your solar makes kWh....

Every system is custom designed to check all the customers' boxes. This design will be a simple grid-tied with no battery backup since we need the lowest upfront cost system to make the most kWh to save the most $$$

I hope I can help.

20,300 watts of clean power installed on a Solar Foundations USA, Inc. rack. Location is Wilmington, NY. This system will cover the annual electrical usage of this home which is heated via ground source heat pumps. $40/month heating and power bill... sign me up!

02/04/2026

I feel like we need to have an educational seminar on solar... what do you think? Maybe a send out a poll and find a location.

I had another conversation with a person who said to me " I don't know about all this solar stuff....". This was right after he said "hi" to me from his truck as I'm putting panels on an awesome 20.3 kW ground mount.

What this gentleman really means to say is something like this: "I have no idea how solar works and why people do it" because the questions afterwards confirmed he had all these preconceived notions... not based in any sort of reality.

Anyways, yes, we live in the northeast, so we get snow, clouds and a low sun angle in the wintertime. Solar makes less kWh on average /day but let me tell you.... when the sun does come out and it is cold.... the systems CRANK!!!!

My inverters were at max power output. Seen by the flat yellow line. This is called " clipping". The solar panels are outputting more power than the inverter can produce.

07/05/2025

On a brighter note….

Sales pitch since I need to sell something else other than home solar systems lol!

07/04/2025

07/04/2025

I am loosing out on about $12 worth of power today…. All in the name of increasing the pain Elise Stefanik