Palmetto Continues National Growth And Expands To Three New Solar Markets
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Palmetto, a clean technology company that designs, builds, manufactures and deploys technology solutions, is announcing its expansion into three new markets: Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan. Currently, Palmetto operates in South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey. In addition to this solar energy expansion, Palmetto is scaling its proprietary sales software Alchemy nationwide.
Chris Kemper, CEO and Founder of Palmetto, notes "By expanding to these three new states, we have the opportunity to affect nearly 20 million people. Providing cost-effective renewable energy and technology integration solutions allows homeowners to have a choice over their clean energy future. And save money while doing it. It's a win-win."
All three states have recently implemented strong policies to support the growth of renewable energy and level the playing field against monopoly utility providersespecially Nevada, where policies have previously been unfriendly to clean energy companies including Palmetto. Even with new tariffs on solar panels, Palmetto has positioned itself for success now and in the future.
" In July 2018, we innovated our most recent technology product, Alchemy, a point of sale technology, to help improve the lives of sales groups by facilitating a simple and seamless solar transaction with customers. It has drastically cut inefficiencies and increased productivity and improved customer experience. We have since added cost-saving clean technology solutions to our product offering - all for the benefit of our customers. Our sales partners, we call 'Alchemists', love it too. This technological advancement has enabled our Company to scale into more markets at a competitive sales price. Needless to say, I'm very proud of our team's accomplishments and we are all very excited to bring our experience, strong track record, and suite of technology products to grow the clean energy economy of these states," says Kemper.
On the technology front, Palmetto's Alchemy offers solar sales representatives the ability to run a soft credit check, choose from multiple financing partners, build a solar system proposal that highlights the savings of the system, and see exactly where their customers on in the installation process. "Alchemy is an all-in-one solar sales tool that gives sales reps the edge they need in the field to sell the best, most cost-effective solar system for their homeowner while providing first-in-class customer service," says Trent Hawthorne, Senior Vice President of Technology at Palmetto. "By releasing this software nationally, we're taking a big step forward in our mission to lead the world toward a clean energy future."
As part of their expansion, Palmetto is creating new jobs in addition to providing homeowners with clean energy solutions. In each of these markets, Palmetto will partner with channel partners and Alchemistsindividual solar sales representatives that utilize the solar sales software Alchemyensuring that there are expanded teams in place to serve homeowners in each state.