What Does a Public Proposal Contain?
SubcontractorHub provides organizations with a default proposal layout which is described in detail below. However, organizations can also customize public proposals to include specific information or remove particular slides if necessary.
Cover Slide
This slide displays the organization’s name and customer’s address. The customer’s name and address are located at the bottom left. The proposal owner’s name and email address are located at the bottom right.
System Design Slide
The left side displays the design image.
The right side displays system size, panel type, estimated consumption, estimated production, inverter and solar offset details.
Financial Impact Slide
Payment Graph
This graph depicts the month-wise energy consumption and solar production of the installation.
Savings Graph
This graph showcases the impact that solar has on the customer’s bill with details of the pre-solar annual bill and post-solar annual bill year-wise.
The left side displays the current average utility bill, 25th year average utility bill of the customer, the current annual utility bill and 25th year annual utility bill of the customer. Below this, the 25-year cost of not installing a solar installation is displayed.
The right side displays the year-wise pre and post solar utility bill graph.
Your Utility Bill Details Slide
The section on the left displays the customer’s current average monthly utility bill, estimated annual increase and 25-year cost of not installing solar.
The section in the centre displays the current year's utility bill graph. Below that, the current year consumption and current year annual utility bill details are shown.
The section on the right consists of the solar offset pie chart and 25-year solar savings information.
Proposal Details Slide
Utility Section
This section displays the post-solar utility bill, current consumption, estimated cost per kwh and annual utility rate increase details.
System Details Section
This section displays the system cost, first year production, solar offset, number of panels, annual degradation of the system and 25-year production details.
Cost Summary Section
This section displays the costs related to the installation:
System Cost
Battery Total
Net System Cost (System cost + Battery Total)
Net Cost Rebates (For example, the Federal Solar Tax Credit (ITC))
Net Payable Amount (Net System Cost - Net Cost Rebates)
FAQ Slide
This slide includes comprehensive FAQs covering net metering, upfront cost, warranty, moving, maintenance and the tax credit.
Note: State tax credits set up in the database will not be shown as a separate value in the pricing summary of the proposal builder. The state tax credit pricing will be automatically calculated into the balance. The net cost of tax credits will appear only in the “Proposal Details” slide of the public proposal.