Solar Installation in Westerly, Rhode Island

Westerly sits at Rhode Island’s southwestern corner, where the Pawcatuck River meets the Atlantic, with roughly 23,000 residents spread across downtown, Bradford, Dunn’s Corners and the shoreline villages of Watch Hill, Misquamicut, Avondale, Weekapaug and Shelter Harbor. The housing runs from granite-era Victorians near downtown to beach cottages, capes and newer colonials inland, and the open coastal exposure gives many of these roofs excellent solar production.

Shoreline living is hard on a roof. Salt air, wind off Block Island Sound and winter nor’easters shorten shingle life, which is why the roof itself is the first thing we look at. We inspect the roof, the framing and the flashing before quoting a system, and when a replacement is due we handle the roof and the array as one project, one crew and one warranty, instead of paying to remove and reinstall panels later.

Every home in Westerly is served by Rhode Island Energy, and those rates have climbed steadily in recent years. Through net metering, the power your system produces beyond what your home uses is sent back to the grid, and Rhode Island Energy credits your account for it, offsetting the electricity you pull at night and through the winter. Rhode Island also runs two separate state programs, the Renewable Energy Growth performance tariff and the Renewable Energy Fund up-front grant, and we walk you through which one fits your home.

Rooftop Power handles the entire process locally, from the Town of Westerly building permit to the Rhode Island Energy interconnection application, with our own in-house electrical and roofing crews. With 85+ installations completed across Westerly, we know the shoreline roof conditions, the inspectors and the approvals inside and out.