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Solar invoice template, priced per watt.

Solar gets paid in milestones, not all at once. This invoice prices the system per watt, lists the adders, credits the deposit taken at signing and spells out what's due at install and at PTO.

Invoice

No. 1042
Your Solar Co.
Street address, City, ST
Phone · email
License no. (if your trade needs one)
Bill toPriya RamanJob address
Job7.2 kW rooftop system, installation milestone
Date · DueDate issued · Due in 14 days
ItemQtyUnitRateAmount
Installed PV system
18 modules at 400 W, microinverters, racking, monitoring
7200watt$2.90$20,880.00
Main panel upgrade, 200 A
Required for interconnection
1each$2600.00$2,600.00
Roof work adder
Pitch over 8/12, extra staging
1each$900.00$900.00
Conduit and wiring, attic run
Beyond the 40 ft included
35ft$14.00$490.00
Permitting and interconnection
Building, electrical and utility application
1each$750.00$750.00
Subtotal$25,620.00
Tax (0%)$0.00
Total$25,620.00
Less deposit paid-$2000.00
Balance due$23,620.00
Balance shown is the contract balance. Per the contract, 80% is due at installation and 20% when the utility grants permission to operate (PTO).
Many states exempt residential solar equipment from sales tax. Add tax if yours doesn't.
Workmanship warranty: put your terms here. Module and inverter warranties are registered with the manufacturers.
If a financing company pays a milestone directly, it's shown as a payment on the next invoice.
Send it as a pay link with Redline

Click any text to change it. Rates and the tax rate are examples, so put in your own. Totals update as you type.

What this template covers

  • The system priced per watt, so a change in panel count is just a new quantity
  • Adders (panel upgrade, steep roof, extra conduit per foot) on their own lines, the way they show up in the contract
  • Permitting and interconnection as one line the homeowner can see
  • The signing deposit credited after tax, and milestone terms for install and PTO
  • No sales tax by default, with a note to add it if your state taxes solar

Skip the template next time

Solar jobs run for months between the signature and PTO, and the money comes in pieces. Work the milestone out here (80% of the $23,620 balance is $18,896), then say "invoice Raman $18,896 for the install milestone" in Redline. It drafts it from her job as one amount with a one-line description. She pays by card on a pay link, and if it sits unpaid Redline flags it at day 3, 7 and 14 and tells you who to call.

Invoicing is on the Solo plan, $29 a month with a 7-day free trial. Card is the only way to pay on the link today, so milestones a lender pays directly are handled outside it. See the solar CRM page or invoicing.

Bill the install milestone by chat.

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