Solar Energy Company in Schaumburg, IL

About Two Thirds of the Cost Comes Back

A typical Phoenix system, 9 kW of Tesla solar panels and one Powerwall, costs about $40,000. Around $26,700 of that comes back: roughly $8,000 through a prepaid power purchase agreement, $12,000 in Illinois solar credits and $6,700 in utility rebates. That leaves a net cost of about $13,300. At around $2,000 a year in lower bills, the system pays for itself in six to seven years. These incentives apply in Illinois only and change each programme year, so your quote uses the current figures.

A Powerwall Is the Part People Notice

Nearly every system we install pairs solar with a battery. In the northwest suburbs the outages come with the summer storms, and a Powerwall keeps the fridge, the furnace fan, the well pump and the internet running through them. It also stores what you generate instead of exporting it, which matters more since net metering changed in 2025.

Do the Roof and the Solar in One Project

If your roof has under ten years left, putting solar on it means paying someone to take the panels off and put them back later. We are roofers and solar electricians in one company, so the roof and the array go on in the same project, with one crew, one schedule and one company standing behind both. If a storm has already damaged the roof, we handle the storm damage repair and the insurance paperwork first.