Southwest Georgia · county seat Cordele
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Crisp County, GA
Crisp County has run its own power company since the Warwick Dam came online in 1930. It was the first county-owned power dam in the country, and the lake behind it, Lake Blackshear, now lines the west side of the county with houses, docks and tall pines.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Crisp County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Crisp County. Call or text the address, the panel count and what is going on, and you get a straight answer: what the job needs, roughly what it costs, and whether we can take it on or who should.
On the ground in Crisp County
Permits, power and roofs in Crisp County
Cordele permits work inside the city, and the county covers the lake shore and the farm roads around Arabi. Most meters belong to the Crisp County Power Commission, so interconnection questions go to a local utility office in Cordele rather than to a statewide company. Cordele's older neighborhoods have frame houses from the early 1900s and brick ranches from the postwar decades, while the lake shore mixes weekend cabins with larger year-round homes. Lakefront roofs take wind straight off about 8,500 acres of open water, and pine straw collects behind panels on the shady side. Cordele also knows tornadoes: one on April 2, 1936 killed 23 people in town, and spring storms still roll through.
Along the coves of Lake Blackshear and near Georgia Veterans State Park, owners of older lake houses tend to find that humidity off the water has rusted cheap racking hardware and that the installer is long gone. In Cordele, the self-styled Watermelon Capital of the World, and down around Arabi, the usual job is a tired shingle roof under a system that must come off before the roofer starts.
Local details
Crisp County at a glance
- Power company
- Crisp County Power Commission, the county-owned utility, serves most of the county
- County seat
- Cordele
- Region
- Southwest Georgia
Towns in Crisp County
The whole county is the same call
- Cordele
- Arabi
- Wenona
FAQ
Crisp County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Crisp County?
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so Georgia work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Southwest Georgia, and it only goes ahead with the Georgia license the work needs. Send the address, the panel count and the roofer's tear-off date for a straight answer.
Who is allowed to work on solar panels in Georgia?
Georgia treats the wiring side of solar as electrical contracting, so taking an array off, fixing it or putting it back belongs with a contractor licensed by the Division of Electrical Contractors of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board. There is no separate solar license, and cities and counties can add their own permit and business license rules.
Who reconnects the system in Crisp County?
Homes in Crisp County are generally served by Crisp County Power Commission, the county-owned utility, serves most of the county. When an array goes back on after a roof job the utility usually needs to know, and the building department normally inspects the reinstall before the system is switched back on.
My installer went out of business. Can the system still be fixed?
Usually. The installer's own workmanship warranty is gone, but the panels, inverter and optimizers carry manufacturer warranties that normally still apply, and a dead system is often one failed part rather than a worn-out array.
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Get a written quote in Crisp County
The address, roughly how many panels, who installed them if you know, and what is happening. A photo of the array from the street and one of the inverter get you an accurate number fastest, and texting them is the quickest way to send them.
Solar help in Crisp County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.