If the money was solidily in place the press release would have happened by now. Whereas there might be over 25k registrations up to this point, the amount in initial markets that Citizrenre plan to first open in is much much less. This could hold back the co’s upfront financing.

Being near the first of December and still w/o an announcement, places like Florida which aren’t on the initial list would be looking at 2009 at the earliest for installations. Some eco’s have gone out of pocket with hefty expenses for home shows. I believe most did so believing that they would have seen installations by now. For most of all those pre-signups aren’t going to be worth nearly as much several years after initial sign-ups (as well with all the changes in the contract).

Over 10 Months ago we sent an email as an electrical company interested in a franchise for Central Florida, we have never heard back. In order to sell franchises in Florida and most other states, the franchisor must have on file a prospectus, can’t find evidence of a prospectus in any state we checked. To do solar installations in most states the installation company must be a licensed electrical company, also a problem, because most electrical companies are limited in size in smaller areas covered. In the state of Florida, Citizenre independant ecoproneur is against state statute, here is the reason why; the statute states that anyone who offers electrical services must be an employee of that licensed company. the statute states “anyone who services, installs, sells, etc. That one little word “sell” would violate state law. Could that be one of the reasons Citizenre did not post Florida as one of the first areas?

This marketing plan will eventually come about and succeed, when is the biggest question. Citizrenre should have regionalized its initial marketing plan, and grown by success instead of the opposite with all of the logistical headaches.

Until Citizrenre lives up to its agreement to its eco’s to release the 10% once the 10,000 number was acheived (there wasn’t any mentioned of having to have a corp.staff,etc.) Citizenre will have creditability problems.

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47419

There are plenty of roofs out there, and a need for all the solar panels we can get. I am looking forward to seeing the first panels roll off the production line and onto the first roofs in a year!

However, to witness the level of passion in the space, check out all 374 comments on this 02/07 post on the company: http://tinyurl.com/357ccv

Seems like Citizenre is trying to do too much. SolarCity and plenty of others are doing great work lowering the costs of solar installation. Trying to fab the PV is just holding Citizenre back.