In my internet travels as of late (we used to call it surfing) I have noticed a bit of buzz concerning CitezenRe (covered on this blog with enthusiasm)the new solar company that says they will install a solar panels on your roof and then only charge you a locked in rate for the energy and not the system.
It seems like a great idea, what got me concerned was ironically a comment left on this post by someone named Tom Catino. The comment felt very spammy, and got me to wondering if there was some sort of referral program (often a sign of a pyramid scheme). A bit of searching shows that Tom has been busy on every blog that even gets close to mentioning CitizenRE defending his position.
Furthermore when I first posted about the company someone named Tony Cecala posted a comment.
I read all the Citizenre documents, then I sent the six-page Terms and Conditions to my father-in-law, a patent lawyer, and it all checked out. He signed up for it.
I locked in my rate at under 10 cents kWh, today my rate is already at 16 cents and going up. I’d expect most people would see a pretty dramatic savings in the very first summer. The only catch is that installations won’t start until the end of this year.
A little googling shows that Tony is an “independent” reseller for CitizenRE. Tony hardly makes that known in his comment and the link he supplies for his comment is not to his other website
So can this companies claims really turn out to be true?