Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Sumter County, SC

On the ground in Sumter County

Permits, power and roofs in Sumter County

Sumter County handles permits outside the city, which has a building department of its own. Duke Energy Progress serves the city and much of the area around it, while Black River Electric Cooperative, based in Sumter, and Tri-County Electric serve large rural stretches, and each keeps its own interconnection rules. Housing near Shaw and Dalzell runs to 1980s and 1990s brick ranches and newer subdivisions, plenty of them rentals that change hands with each military move. The High Hills of Santee on the western side have older farmhouses and homes on wooded ridges near Stateburg and Poinsett State Park. Pinewood sits near the upper end of Lake Marion. Pines are the main source of shade, and spring hail and tornado warnings are the storms to plan around now.

Near Shaw and Dalzell, a house often changes owners or tenants every few years, and a buyer inherits an array with no paperwork and no idea who installed it. Out toward Wedgefield and Pinewood, pines that kept growing shade the panels by late afternoon, and needles packed along the bottom edge keep the shingles wet after every rain.