Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Wilkinson County, GA

On the ground in Wilkinson County

Permits, power and roofs in Wilkinson County

Permits outside the towns come from Wilkinson County, so the first step on a rural address is the county office rather than city hall. Georgia Power serves most of the towns themselves, while Oconee EMC, Tri-County EMC and Washington EMC divide the rural areas, which means more than one set of rules for reconnecting a system after a roof job. Housing leans toward older frame houses in Gordon and Irwinton, brick ranches from the 1960s onward and manufactured homes on country lots. The kaolin operations bring heavy truck traffic and, near the plants, a pale dust that settles on roofs and panel glass and cuts output until a good rain or a rinse clears it. Loblolly pines are everywhere, and their pollen turns arrays yellow every spring.

Around Gordon, the largest town, re-roofs on 1970s and 1980s brick houses are the main reason panels have to come off. In McIntyre and Toomsboro, homeowners close to the plants may want the glass cleaned and the array checked in the same visit. Farther out, systems on sheds and outbuildings show their age first at the wiring, where sun and squirrels have worked on it for years.