The Top 3 by E3
What’s Next for Aging Commercial Solar? Maintain, Repair, Repower, or Decommission?
Sep 22, 2026
Season 4
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In this episode of The Top 3 by E3, Daniel Tarico and Mike Kocsmiersky discuss the options for maintaining, repairing, repowering, or decommissioning older commercial and industrial PV systems, focusing on decision-making factors and financial considerations.
Key topics include:
- Options for aging PV systems: abandon, minimal maintenance, retrofit, repower, decommission
- Financial considerations in decision-making for solar assets
- Importance of good record-keeping and system analysis
- Site-specific factors affecting repair and upgrade costs
- Impact of system type: rooftop vs carport
- Role of system monitoring and failure tracking
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