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Overview: As of August 2, 2023, Overview: As of August 30, 2023, EverBright will start accepting Spanish Welcome Calls for Texas and California residents only. All homeowners are required complete a welcome call as part of the EverBright financing process. This call is completed after they sign the contract and is a requirement for Milestone 1 (M1) in the Operations phase. The following SOP outlines conducting and processing Inbound and Outbound Welcome Calls.

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Preparing for Welcome Calls

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Info

For Valley and New Home builder Welcome Calls, transfer call to the general Spanish que /wiki/spaces/SS/pages/2548432903

Inbound Welcome Call

  • EverBright homeowners calls in to the Welcome Call support line (833-830-0475)

  • Currently, EverBright does not accept Welcome Calls in Spanish or 3rd party translations, except for Texas and California residents.

Note

If the welcome call checklist is in English the welcome call should be conducted in English, even if it is a Texas or California resident. If the welcome call checklist is in Spanish, you may proceed with the welcome call in Spanish, only if the homeowner is a resident in the state of Texas and California only.

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Script: Only proceed if the homeowner is not in Texas or California or if the welcome call checklist is in English for a homeowner that is a resident in the state of Texas or California.

Currently, EverBright does not conduct welcome calls in Spanish. To move forward with your agreement, we would need to conduct your welcome call in English. Would you like to continue in English?”

  • Homeowner says yes: Proceed with Welcome Call using the https://sighten.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SS/pages/2780921857

  • Homeowner does not understand: Connect the homeowner with a Spanish-speaking agent that can communicate the above script to the homeowner

  • Homeowner says no to conducting welcome call in English

  • Advise the homeowner that we are unable to continue with the process

  • E-mail their sales representative/ or contractor from the contract (instructions below)

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If the welcome call checklist is in Spanish and the homeowner is a Texas or California resident, you may proceed with the welcome call in Spanish.

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"Hello - Thank you for calling EverBright. This is [agent name], how may I assist you today?" 

"Hola – Gracias por llamar a EverBright. Mi nombre es [agent name], ¿cómo le puedo asistir en el día de hoy?" 

“Thank you! I'd be happy to help you complete your welcome call. Do you have your EverBright financial contract available to refer to during our call?” 

"Gracias! Con mucho gusto le ayudo a completar su llamada de bienvenida. ¿Tiene a su alcance su Contrato Financiero con EverBright para referirnos a él durante nuestra llamada?”  

Spanish Agreement Translations by Product: 

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"So that I can pull up your account, please provide me your full name." 

“Para poder acceder su cuenta, ¿podría proveerme su nombre completo?” 

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  • Navigate to pipeline - in the search bar, enter the homeowner’s name. Once you find the job, verify that the name and address matches the information provided by the homeowner

 

 

  • Verify that the name and address match the information provided by the homeowner

“Please verify the property address where the system is being installed.” 

“Por favor provea la dirección física de donde el sistema está siendo instalado” 

  • Pull up the Welcome Call checklist

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“The goal of this Welcome Call is to ensure that you understand the details of your solar financing agreement.” 

“El objetivo de esta llamada de bienvenida es para asegurar que usted ha entendido los detalles del acuerdo de financiamiento solar” 

“Let’s go ahead and get started. The following questions will require an answer of either a yes or no to proceed to the next question.” 

“Vamos entonces a comenzar el proceso. Las siguientes preguntas van a requerir una respuesta de si o no para poder proceder a la siguiente pregunta”  

  • Read the questions directly from the homeowner’s contract page “Welcome Call Checklist” -Questions must be read exactly as how they appear in the contract.

  • If they don’t know where the contract ID # is, refer them to the upper right side of any page of their contract to find that number.

  • Homeowners should answer “YES” or “That is correct” or “I agree” or other acceptable affirmations to all questions.

  • If the following information is incorrect on the WC checklist:

    Phone number - The agent should ask for the correct phone number and update it in the qualification phase when call is complete.  The call can be deemed successful.

    Other contact information - (misspelled name, address, unit number) the call can be deemed successful if the installer completes an NCCO.

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“Thank you, [Client’s Name]. That concludes the Welcome Call. We will notify your installer. We hope that you have a great rest of your day!” 

“Gracias, [Client’s Name]. Eso concluye la Llamada de Benvenida. Le estaremos notificando a su Instalador. ¡Esperamos que tenga un excelente resto del día!”  

Process the completed welcome call in MAX:

  • Leave a disposition, the name and address of the Homeowner:

    • Welcome Call Complete

    • Welcome Call Failed

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Outbound Welcome Call Request (phone, chat, email)

Info

Please see "Everbright - Call Time Restrictions" SOP when performing an Outbound Welcome Calls.

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Note

If an email request comes in to complete multiple welcome calls, reply to the installer and inform them that we will notify them separately for each customer, but keep the ticket open until all welcome calls have been completed. Leave an internal note within the Jira ticket indicating which welcome calls have been completed. Once all attempts have been made, close the ticket.

Outbound Welcome Calls

Info

Please see "Everbright - Call Time Restrictions" SOP when performing an Outbound Welcome Calls.

  • Currently, EverBright does not accept Welcome Calls in Spanish or 3rd party translations, with the exception of Texas Texas and California residents.

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Script (This does NOT pertain to Texas and California residents)

Currently, EverBright does not conduct welcome calls in Spanish. To move forward with your agreement, we would need to conduct your welcome call in English. Would you like to continue in English?”

  • Homeowner says yes: Proceed with Welcome Call

  • Homeowner does not understand: Connect the homeowner with a Spanish-speaking agent that can communicate the above script to the homeowner

  • Homeowner says no to conducting welcome call in English

  • Advise the homeowner that we are unable to continue with the process

  • E-mail their sales representative/ or contractor from the contract (instructions below)

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“Hi (customer name) this is (agent's name) from EverBright Homeowner Support. We are calling to conduct your Welcome Call.  Please give us a call back at 833-830-0475.  We are open every day from 6am to 8pm Pacific Time. We look forward to hearing from you - and welcome to EverBright!"   

“Hola (customer name) le habla (agent's name) del Departamento de Apoyo al Propietario de EverBright. Estamos llamándole para completar su Llamada de Bienvenida. Por favor llámenos al 833-830-0475.  Estamos abiertos todos los días de 6am a 8pm, tiempo del Pacífico. ¡Esperamos su llamada – y bienvenido a EverBright!"

Please see https://sighten.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SS/pages/2741829892 SOP when performing an Outbound Welcome Call.

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“Hello, this is (Representative Name) calling from EverBright. Am I speaking with (Customer Name)?” 

“Hola, le habla (Representative Name) llamando de EverBright. ¿Estoy hablando con (Customer Name)?

How are you today? 

¿Cómo se encuentra en el día de hoy? 

We are calling to complete your Welcome Call.  

Le estamos llamando para completar su Llamada de Bienvenida 

The goal of this call is to ensure that you understand the details of your solar financing agreement. Do you have your EverBright contract available to refer to during our call? 

“El objetivo de esta llamada de bienvenida es para asegurar que usted ha entendido los detalles del acuerdo de financiamiento solar. ¿Tiene a su alcance su Contrato Financiero con EverBright para referirnos a él durante nuestra llamada?”  

  • If the caller does not, resend them their DocuSign email - from there, they can retrieve their contract from DocuSign. This may take a few minutes.

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Otherwise proceed:

Great! 

Fantástico! 

Let’s go ahead and get started. The following questions will require an answer of either a yes or no to proceed to the next question. 

“Vamos entonces a comenzar el proceso. Las siguientes preguntas van a requerir una respuesta de si o no para poder proceder a la siguiente pregunta

  • Read the questions directly from the homeowner’s contract page “Welcome Call Checklist” -Questions must be read exactly as how they appear in the contract.

  • If they don’t know where the contract ID # is, refer them to the upper right side of any page of their contract to find that number.

  • Homeowners should answer “YES” or “That is correct” or “I agree” or other acceptable affirmations to all questions.

  • If the following information is incorrect on the WC checklist:

    Phone number - The agent should ask for the correct phone number and update it in the qualification phase when call is complete.  The call can be deemed successful.

    Other contact information - (misspelled name, address, unit number) the call can be deemed successful if the installer completes an NCCO.

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  • Process the completed welcome call in MAX:

    • Leave a disposition, the name and address of the Homeowner:

      • OB Welcome Call No Answer

      • OB Welcome Call Complete

      • OB Welcome Call Failed

Processing Welcome Calls

Passed/Successful Calls

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  • Email the installer

    • Copy the Installer’s email address from the contract phase in the homeowner’s job

    • Navigate to Milestone 1 in the Operations phase of the customer’s job

    • Click on Welcome Call Status

    • Click on Send Email

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  • Add Installer's email address in Additional Recipients

  • Add a Custom Note:

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We hope you have a great day!

(Agent name)

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Failed/Unsuccessful Calls

 

  • Tell the homeowner that we are not able to complete the Welcome Call and that the Installer should be reaching out to them to clarify any details.  

 “Lamentablemente no pudimos completar la Llamada de Bienvenida. El instalador le estará dando una llamada para aclarar cualquier detalle”

  • Leave a public comment in the customer’s project:

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Please contact us if you have any questions at 833-830-0475 or send an email to support@goeverbright.com.

Thank you,

(Agent name)

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Updating the homeowner’s phone number

If the homeowner’s phone number is incorrect, the WC can still be successfully completed, and the agent can update the information in the qualification phase to reflect the correct number.

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  1. Note the correct phone number

  2. After completing the welcome call, navigate to the qualification phase and click the ‘Review name and Address Information’ tab

  3. Under the ‘Legal Names' section, click the edit button and edit the phone number:

  4. Then select the green checkmark to update the phone number:

Other updates (misspelled name, address, unit)

Note

Only Deal Processing is authorized to make updates to contact information when an NCCO is required. Agents will never make these changes themselves.

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Please contact us if you have any questions at 833-830-0475 or send an email to support@goeverbright.com.

Thank you,

(Agent name)

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If an update to email address is needed

  • Tell the homeowner that we are not able to complete the Welcome Call and that the Installer should be reaching out to them to clarify any details.

“Lamentablemente no pudimos completar la Llamada de Bienvenida. El instalador le estará dando una llamada para aclarar cualquier detalle”

  • Copy the installer’s email address from the contract phase of the homeowner’s job

    • Navigate to M1 in the Qualification phase

    • Click on Welcome Call Status

    • Click on Send Email

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Please contact us if you have any questions at 833-830-0475 or send an email to support@goeverbright.com.

Thank you,

(Agent name)

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Unable to reach homeowner to conduct Welcome Call

  • The support agent will attempt to contact the homeowner to complete the welcome call every day for 5 business days.

  • Schedule a call back commitment in CXone after each call of attempting to reach homeowner. https://sighten.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SS/pages/2782756894

    • Leave a Note containing

      • Project address

      • Homeowner’s Name as it appears on the agreement

      • Homeowner’s Phone Number

      • Homeowner’s availability for Welcome Call (4hr time window is preferable), including time zone

      • Number of attempted calls to homeowner

  • If the homeowner does not answer on the 5th business day, follow steps below

    • Copy the installer’s email address from the contract phase of the homeowner’s job

    • Navigate to M1 in the Qualification phase

    • Click on Welcome Call Status

    • Click on Send Email

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We have not been able to speak with (homeowner name) to complete the required welcome call. Please contact the homeowner and advise them to call us at 833-830-0475 to complete the call. We are available every day of the week from 9am to 11pm Eastern Time.

Thank You,

(Agent name)

 

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Spanish Welcome Call Requests

(This does not apply to Texas and California residents!)

If the homeowner refuses to do the Welcome Call in English:

  • Advise the homeowner that we are unable to continue with the process and will reach out to their installer.

    • Copy the installer’s email address from the contract phase of the homeowner’s job

    • Navigate to M1 in the Qualification phase

    • Click on Welcome Call Status

    • Click on Send Email

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  • Add Installer's email in Additional Recipients

  • Leave a Custom Note:

 

Hello,

 EverBright attempted to conduct the welcome call with (Homeowner name) today. We were unable to move forward with the process because the homeowner wants to conduct the call in Spanish. Since the contract is English, we are obligated to conduct the call in English. Please speak with homeowner about conducting the call in English and next steps.

Regards,

 (Agent name)

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 the homeowner refuses to do the Welcome Call in English:

  • Advise the homeowner that we are unable to continue with the process and will reach out to their installer.

    • Copy the installer’s email address from the contract phase of the homeowner’s job

    • Navigate to M1 in the Qualification phase

    • Click on Welcome Call Status

    • Click on Send Email

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  • Add Installer's email in Additional Recipients

  • Leave a Custom Note:

 

Hello,

 EverBright attempted to conduct the welcome call with (Homeowner name) today. We were unable to move forward with the process because the homeowner wants to conduct the call in Spanish. Since the contract is English, we are obligated to conduct the call in English. Please speak with homeowner about conducting the call in English and next steps.

Regards,

 (Agent name)

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Installer requesting to have the WC uploaded on their behalf

If an agent receives a request from an installer to upload a welcome call on their behalf, the agent should reply:

Hello,
Thank you for reaching out to EverBright! Unfortunately, we are not authorized to upload and attest a call on your behalf.
Welcome Calls must be uploaded to the platform by going to Operations > All Tasks > Welcome Call.
The welcome callmust be uploaded as an audio file, then toggle the Attestation, and you will have completed uploading the welcome call.
Please contact us if you need assistance. You may contact us at support@goeverbright.com or 833-830-0475 or Live Chat on the platform.

Thank you.