PLEASE REASSIGN ALL THESE TICKETS TO JESSIE UNTIL PROCESS IS FINALIZED
Background: Our EverOwn agreement allows 60 days from system installation (M2) before the homeowner pays their first bill. This will soon be increased to 90 days from system installation.
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Solution: Waived Payment Process (allowed ONCE only) or Expedite PTO Process
If the homeowner reaches out to GA with a complaint about payment because of PTO delay, GA should escalate it via email to EverBright (providing full customer name, address, details)
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Pull up their job in EverBright LLC org - what’s the status? What date was M2 approved? Is M3 still pending?
Mark this information in the “internal comments” of the Jira ticket along with the job link.
If it isn’t clear from their inquiry, ask them if they know the cause of the delay - in other words, is the installation complete or is additional work required before the utility will provide PTO?
Mark this information in the “internal comments” of the Jira ticket and in the notes section of the excel file linked in step 3b.
Open the excel sheet here HERE
Search the file for the homeowner to see if a payment has been waived in the past.
If not, you may waive the payment.
If we’ve already waived a payment - send A-L a slack with the ticket number
Enter the homeowner’s information in the excel spreadsheet - and information about the delay, M2 date, etc. Mark Column B as “waived payment”
Offer to waive the homeowner’s EverBright payment and tell them we’ll send a message to their installer urging them to work with the utility and finalize PTO
Add “waivedHO” to the label on the EBH ticketAdd customer information to the excel sheet HERE - ensure Column B is marked as “Waived Payment”
See below for canned response to the homeowner.
Create a linked ticket to the installer - ask them to expedite any remaining items for PTO
See below for canned response to the installer
Create a second linked ticket to Great America at: SolarCustomerSupport@accountservicing.com telling them to waive this customer’s payment.
Provide customer information (name, address) and ask them to waive the customer’s current/next payment.
Ask them confirm which payments are being waived (date due/amount) and ensure that there are no applicable late/delinquency fees are applied to the account.
Once this information is obtained, update the spreadsheet with it HERE
See below for canned request to Great America
If they are complaining of an installation delay - but don’t mention billing/payment hardships:
Pull up their job in EverBright LLC org - what’s the status? What date was M2 approved? Is M3 still pending?
Ask them if they know the cause of the delay - in other words, is the installation complete or is additional work required before utility will provide PTO?
Update the ticket’s internal comments with the job link and the information you found
Do not offer to waive their payment since they haven’t raised payment as an issue
Create a linked ticket to the installer - ask them to expedite any remaining items for PTO
Add “DELAY” to the label on the EBH ticket
Add information on the excel sheet HERE - ensure Column B is marked as “Installation Delay”
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Canned message for PTO/Waived Payment - Note: Agent may need to modify it based on the customer’s specific issue
Hi Homeowner,
Unfortunately, obtaining permission to operate (PTO) from your utility is taking longer than expected. Therefore, you’re receiving both an EverBright bill for your solar system and a full utility bill.
As a next step, I will will reach out to your installer about your concern, and suggest they explore ways to expedite receipt of PTO from your utility and/or finalize any remaining work on your system. In addition, we’d be happy to waive your current EverBright payment due. Hopefully this addresses your concerns for now. We value you as an EverBright customer and look forward to a long and ‘sunny’ relationship with you.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us should you require any further assistance.
Best Regards,
Canned message PTO and/or installation Delay (without a waived payment) - Note: Agent may need to modify it based on the customer’s specific issue
Hi Homeowner,
Unfortunately, system completion and obtaining permission to operate (PTO) from your utility is taking longer than expected.
As a next step, I will will reach out to your installer about your concern, and suggest they explore ways to expedite receipt of PTO from your utility and/or finalize any remaining work on your system. We value you as an EverBright customer and look forward to a long and ‘sunny’ relationship with you.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us should you require any further assistance.
Best Regards,
Canned message for the linked installer tickets:
"Hi (Installer name)
(Homeowner name) reached out to us about some questions on their financing agreement and asked when their system installation would be complete and receive PTO from their utility. We advised them that they should discuss these issues with you directly. Would you please reach out to (Homeowner name) to give them an update? Please also provide us an update and let us know how it goes?expected resolution.
Thanks
Important note: We should not disclose details about the homeowner’s concern – i.e. that it was billing related – instead, only be clear about the elements of the homeowner’s concern that are relevant for the installer, which is the PTO status.
Canned message to Great America regarding waived payment:
Great America:
Please waive (customer name, address) current / next due payment. Please reply with confirmation of the payment date/amount that has been waived and confirm that no late or delinquency fees are applied to the account.
Thanks! Your name.
Prior process - will be archived:
How to handle Homeowner inquiries about their first bill being due prior to system PTO
Notes/context:
Management will meet monthly to view the spreadsheet HERE for trends/issues or a policy change
Finance team will handle how waived payments are handled from a financial and policy perspective and how/if we ultimately collect the waived payment
There’s a QuickSight report showing M2 - M3 data by installer and utility here - help to identify trends; utility or installer issues
A new dashboard will be built with a table of jobs >60 days without M3 approvals and installers with jobs on this list will receive an email asking them to prioritize resolution.
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