Eastern Coastal Plain · county seat Kinston

Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Lenoir County, NC

Lenoir County has spent decades moving homes out of the Neuse River floodplain at Kinston. Buyouts followed Fran, Floyd and Matthew, and in Matthew the river crested at Kinston a foot above its Floyd record. Away from the river, La Grange and Pink Hill are farm towns with brick ranches and farmhouses.

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How we cover it

A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Lenoir County

Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County

Permits, power and roofs in Lenoir County

Kinston runs its own inspections inside the city, the county office handles the rural areas, and the smaller towns vary. Kinston and La Grange both run town electric systems through ElectriCities, Duke Energy Progress serves other parts of the county, and Tri-County, Pitt & Greene and Jones-Onslow EMCs each reach into it. Older Kinston neighborhoods such as Mitchelltown and Trianon have houses with tall roofs and plank decking that need careful handling. Flooding is the defining hazard, so any inverter or disconnect mounted low near the river should get a higher spot during a reinstall. Hurricane wind, summer storms and pine debris round out the list.

Around Queen Street, Mitchelltown, the Trianon district and the Hill-Grainger blocks, older homes with steep roofs make detach work slower and more careful. Near the CSS Neuse site downtown, some houses date back a century or more. La Grange and Pink Hill sit among farms where some arrays sit on packhouses and shops, and an orphaned system on a farm building can go years without service.

Local details

Lenoir County at a glance

Power company
Duke Energy Progress, the Kinston and La Grange systems, or Tri-County, Pitt & Greene or Jones-Onslow EMC
County seat
Kinston

Towns in Lenoir County

The whole county is the same call

  • Kinston
  • La Grange
  • Pink Hill

FAQ

Lenoir County: questions homeowners ask

Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County?

Homes in Lenoir County are generally served by Duke Energy Progress, the Kinston and La Grange systems, or Tri-County, Pitt & Greene or Jones-Onslow EMC. 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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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.

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