Who permits the work
Rockville is its own permitting jurisdiction. If your property sits inside the City of Rockville limits, the permit goes through the city — not Montgomery County DPS — and the two have separate submissions and separate inspectors. Getting that wrong at the start costs weeks, so we confirm which side of the line you are on before anything is filed.
For a rooftop array that generally means two permits rather than one: a building permit for anything fastened to the roof
structure, and a separate electrical permit for everything downstream of it, pulled by the licensed electrician on the job. We
sequence both and pull the building permit under our licence — you file nothing yourself.
What Rockville homes are actually built like
Rockville's stock runs from 1950s ramblers and split-levels in the older neighborhoods to newer townhome and infill construction. On the mid-century houses, expect to find undersized electrical service and cast-iron or galvanized supply lines once walls are open — both of which we price up front rather than as a surprise change order.
For solar that matters in two specific places: the age and condition of the roof covering, which decides whether the array
goes on now or after a replacement, and the capacity of the electrical service, which a licensed electrician confirms before
anything is designed.
What we will not tell you about your Rockville project
No production figure, no payback year, no incentive percentage and no equipment warranty term. Those depend on your roof,
your bills, your tax position and programmes that change — and a number published before anyone has measured your roof is
a guess. Your specialist puts the real ones in writing after the free assessment, and tells you to confirm anything
tax-related with your own tax adviser.
Permit authority and code requirements are summarized for general guidance and can change; we confirm the current requirements for your specific parcel before work begins. Nothing on this page is tax advice.