Eastern Coastal Plain · county seat Tarboro
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Edgecombe County, NC
Tarboro's historic district and the Tar River floodplain shape much of Edgecombe County. The 45-block district holds more than 300 old buildings, many with steep roofs, and Princeville, across the river, was flooded by Floyd in 1999 and again by Matthew in 2016.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
✓Licensed and insured in Florida
How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Edgecombe County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County
Permits, power and roofs in Edgecombe County
Outside town limits, permits come from the county inspections office, and Tarboro and Rocky Mount handle their own. Power is split several ways. Tarboro and Rocky Mount run town electric systems, Edgecombe-Martin County EMC is based in Tarboro and serves much of the countryside, and Duke Energy Progress, Pitt & Greene EMC and Dominion cover other parts. In the historic district, houses from the 1800s often have steep roofs, board decking and sometimes old standing-seam metal. Floodwater is the local theme: an inverter or disconnect on the lower part of an outside wall is the first thing to fail, and it is worth moving up during any reinstall. Utility-scale solar farms have also gone up on former fields around the county.
Princeville, chartered in 1885 as the nation's first self-governing Black town, has been rebuilt after two floods, so equipment placement there matters more than almost anywhere. In Tarboro's older blocks near the Town Common, a re-roof on a tall Victorian turns a simple detach into a staging job. Pinetops, Conetoe and Speed are farm towns where arrays on shops and barns make sense.
Local details
Edgecombe County at a glance
- Power company
- Edgecombe-Martin County EMC, Duke Energy Progress, and the Tarboro and Rocky Mount town systems
- County seat
- Tarboro
Towns in Edgecombe County
The whole county is the same call
- Rocky Mount
- Tarboro
- Princeville
- Pinetops
FAQ
Edgecombe County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Edgecombe County?
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so North Carolina work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Eastern Coastal Plain, and it only goes ahead with the North Carolina 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 North Carolina?
In North Carolina, a solar job of any size has to be contracted and permitted by a contractor licensed by the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors: a limited, intermediate or unlimited electrical license, or the special restricted single-family dwelling license for work on a detached house. A general contractor may work under that electrician, and there is no separate solar license.
Who reconnects the system in Edgecombe County?
Homes in Edgecombe County are generally served by Edgecombe-Martin County EMC, Duke Energy Progress, and the Tarboro and Rocky Mount town systems. 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.
Also in Eastern Coastal Plain
More pages near Edgecombe County
Get a quote
Get a written quote in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.