Muchtar Salzmann, the property ower, called yesterday and said that SCEIP has given up the go ahead to proceed, meaning his property assessed financing has gone through. Fantastic. The second half of the decision on when to start depends on the EUC (Energy Upgrade California) approval. They have an approval process because they will send Muchtar a check for, tentatively, $3,500 after the job is completed. That's a large incentive and represents more than 10% of the total cost of the job and we can't start until we get their approval also.
The problem now: I'm down to the wire on my ability to get everything done by June 23rd, the last date to get the final SCEIP paperwork in to get disbursement on July 1. I'm giving the EUC until tomorrow morning for their approval or I'm going to have to postpone this job for another month. Arghh. It's already been 2 months in the pipeline and 26 of my man-hours so postponing for a month puts a dent in my cash flow. I'll let you know tomorrow.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Willowside Project, Day 43
OK, John and Jane have decided. I calculated that they should have about $2000 left in their budget and they've decided to go over their budget a bit by choosing the 95% State water heater. This will send them about $2000 over budget, which they will have to pay for themselves.
Time to get all the contracts together and plan out the work schedules:
Harmony Farms in Sebastopol is handling the solar electric installation and will have their own contract.
Zero Energy Associates in Sebastopol will handle the HVAC and water heater and will have their own contract.
I - Advanced Home Performance - will handle the organization, oversight, electrical, framing, air sealing, insulation, permitting, and lighting and will have my own contract.
These are the logistical issues:
In order for SCEIP to pay out on July 1, I have to have the permit finalled and final SCEIP paperwork in to their office by 5PM on June 23. That's going to be tight for ZEA but they say they can do it. HF says it should be no problem. If one of us fails to finish, we all suffer through another month before seeing payment so it takes some trust in each other to step in to this.
Problem is, we can't start until SCEIP gives us approval for financing and Energy Upgrade California (EUC) gives us approval to proceed. EUC is a week or two, SCEIP is around 2 weeks and here it is, May 18th. It'll be tight but at this point, I'm going for it.
Today's job is to get all three contracts signed and head to the SCEIP office with John Doe for the signing, then work up the EUC file for submittal.
Whew!
Time to get all the contracts together and plan out the work schedules:
Harmony Farms in Sebastopol is handling the solar electric installation and will have their own contract.
Zero Energy Associates in Sebastopol will handle the HVAC and water heater and will have their own contract.
I - Advanced Home Performance - will handle the organization, oversight, electrical, framing, air sealing, insulation, permitting, and lighting and will have my own contract.
These are the logistical issues:
In order for SCEIP to pay out on July 1, I have to have the permit finalled and final SCEIP paperwork in to their office by 5PM on June 23. That's going to be tight for ZEA but they say they can do it. HF says it should be no problem. If one of us fails to finish, we all suffer through another month before seeing payment so it takes some trust in each other to step in to this.
Problem is, we can't start until SCEIP gives us approval for financing and Energy Upgrade California (EUC) gives us approval to proceed. EUC is a week or two, SCEIP is around 2 weeks and here it is, May 18th. It'll be tight but at this point, I'm going for it.
Today's job is to get all three contracts signed and head to the SCEIP office with John Doe for the signing, then work up the EUC file for submittal.
Whew!
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