How it Feels to Own Your Energy With Solar: Curtis Sawyer

Imagine if you opened your electric bill, and it said:“We’ve decided we’re going to pay you this month instead.”Curt Sawyer, an Exact Solar customer in Bucks County, lives in that reality.Curt and his wife Candy went house hunting nine years ago with a very unusual requirement: they wanted a roof that was already worn out, so they could tear it off and build a new roof specifically designed to add solar energy.If you want to know what it feels like to live in a home where energy is free, this is the episode for you.Listen to this episode here, or on:YouTubeApple PodcastsSpotifyWatch Kurt’s full solar tour on our website here.Expect to learn:What happens to your brain once your home’s electricity is free.How going solar can essentially turn your utility company into a savings account that pays you.What net metering and SRECs actually pay to an average homeowner who’s gone solar over time.Quote from the episode:“Once you start actually operating and you realize electricity’s basically free now, you start thinking about your house in a different way.”— Curtis SawyerThis Week In Solar is always brought to you by Exact Solar, your locally owned, twenty-year-old solar installer for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. And we have a special bonus for This Week In Solar Listeners.For a limited time (July 1st–August 31st, 2026), we’ll pay you $1000 if you refer a friend to us and they go solar.(We only install in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, so please do not refer anyone outside those states).All you have to do is:Click the “Refer a Friend and Earn $1000” button below.Select whether you are an existing customer or a new customer.Fill in your information (we need your address to mail you a check if your friend goes solar).Select Aaron Nichols as the sales representative.Add your friend’s name, address, and contact information.Get a $1000 check mailed to you if your friend goes solar with us!Refer a Friend and Earn $1000