California Center for Sustainable Energy

Andy Black is a Solar Financial Analyst and CEO ofOnGrid Solar. OnGrid Solar makes the OnGrid Tool for solar financial analysis & sales to assist dealers, installers and their salespeople in making a complete and compelling sales presentation.

The OnGrid Tool includes PV system sizing, pricing and quoting. It calculates the financial savings and demonstrates the payback several ways. It produces several proposal options and the contract, rebate and interconnection paperwork auto-filled and customized to each customer,
to speed the close and make a very professional presentation. The OnGrid Tool is a must for every dealer, installer, salesperson, contractor, electrician or roofer involved with the sales process for PV systems, and will significantly ease entry into this marketplace. See www.ongrid.net/payback OnGrid Solar teaches popular classes in solar financial payback and sales:

• Solar Sales & Marketing
• Economics of Solar: Making the Financial Case
• Commercial Solar Economics & Financing

See http://www.ongrid.net/classes.html Future class listings and slides from past classes OnGrid also publishes a variety of works on the economics and related aspects of solar, including the popular “Economics of Solar Electric Systems for Consumers: Payback and other Financial Tests” which can be found at: http://www.ongrid.net/papers/index.html
Since 1994, Andy has been heavily involved with the analysis, design, consulting, teaching, sales, and research of solar electricity. He specializes in demonstrating the financial payback of solar electricity systems.

Andy Black is a member of the Advisory Board of the Northern California Solar Energy Association. He is a recent past member of the Board of Directors of the American Solar Energy Society and a former NABCEP certified PV installer.

Andy’s formal education includes a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California, and a Marketing Certificate at the University of California.

His training in solar electricity includes Solar Energy International’s intensive photovoltaic coursework and more than a dozen specialty courses in solar electric and related fields. He presents & teaches regularly on financial analysis, sales, marketing, and economics of commercial & residential solar electricity to audiences nationwide.

Andy is also the groundskeeper and servant for a cat at his home in San Jose, CA. He will be part of the session: "Better Bidding: Tools and Tips" at CCSE Clean Energy Conference.