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我们在今年3月开始了我们的太阳能项目，并意识到第一步将是说服我们的业主协会(HOA)，太阳能是一个好主意，我们的社区。他们没有任何合适的政策，所以我们向他们介绍了这个项目，Harvest Energy在一次董事会会议上介绍了他们。

HOA board很感兴趣，但是他们需要更多的时间和背景信息，当然他们需要想出一些语言来制定他们的政策。我和Harvest Energy的约翰·布拉特纳(John Blattner)合作，基于太阳能电池板的效率和美观，我决定使用它们。我们选择了签名黑色X21 350w面板与防反射玻璃。

As we wound through the regulations and governmental permit requirements, Harvest Energy kept me updated on the process. By August we had received all the necessary permissions and permits, and the HOA had put together a simple, yet comprehensive policy. Once we got the official go ahead from our HOA, the panels were installed and after a couple weeks and the final inspection by our electricity supplier, DTE, the system was energized we started generating electricity on October 2. Once we had all the permits, the installation went quickly and smoothly, only taking about 3 days.

The process was long, but this is what you can expect when you start from zero. Ours was the first house in our neighborhood to put in solar energy generation, so it had to follow the process. I appreciate the legwork done by John Blattner of Harvest Energy, but also the work done by our HOA to come up with a reasonable policy in a relatively short time. They are all volunteers, so they were doing their work in the evenings and weekends to come up with a policy. Special thanks to our Architecture Enforcement Committee chair for creating the language for the policy.

Now that we are producing, I am really satisfied with the overall result. The panels look great and are generating enough electricity over the past week to offset over 80% of our electricity demand. We sourced the project with an expectation of meeting 62% of our needs. Of course, it will change as the amount of sunlight changes, but so far I am really happy with the production.