Solar EPC project management software for everything after the contract is signed.
Design and sales tools get the deal signed. This proposed system runs what comes next: permits by jurisdiction, interconnection status by utility, equipment procurement, install and inspection, milestone billing, and the funding milestones your financing partners pay against.
Reply within one business day · Written scope and fixed price before any work starts
A proposed product shown with illustrative designs and demo data. We deliver it today as a custom build on our engines.
Status as of November 2026. How we label products
Projects in flight
318
Avg contract to install
41 days
Avg install to PTO
23 days
Stalled 14+ days
29
Stalled projects
| Project | System | Stage | Days in stage | Blocker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okafor residence, Mesa | 8.4 kW + battery | Permit corrections | 19 | Structural letter needed |
| Delgado residence, Gilbert | 11.2 kW | Interconnection | 26 | Utility meter-spot visit |
| Brennan residence, Tempe | 6.8 kW | HOA approval | 17 | HOA board meets Dec 4 |
| Vu residence, Chandler | 9.6 kW | Ready to install | 15 | Inverter backordered |
Today
- 6 permits issued via SolarAPP+Ready to schedule
- 4 PTO letters receivedFunding packages ready
- Okafor homeowner asked for updateStatus text sent
Applications open
142
Approved this month
61
Awaiting utility action
48
Rejected, need resubmit
7
Utilities
| Utility | Open apps | Avg days to approval | Avg days to PTO | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Valley Power | 64 | 9 | 14 | Normal |
| Saguaro Electric Co-op | 31 | 22 | 31 | Meter-spot backlog |
| Copper Basin Municipal Utility | 28 | 35 | 40 | Manual review on all battery systems |
| Red Rock Electric | 19 | 12 | 18 | Normal |
Expected this month
$2.14M
Submitted
$1.38M
Received
$962K
Held for documents
$214K
Packages needing action
| Project · partner | Milestone | Amount | Missing | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delgado · Brightpath Lending | Install complete | $18,940 | Main panel photo | Held by partner |
| Harmon · Sunline Lease | PTO | $7,600 | - | Ready to submit |
| Ortiz · Brightpath Lending | Notice to proceed | $6,310 | Signed change order | Awaiting homeowner |
| Calloway · Meridian Solar PPA | Install complete | $22,480 | Monitoring online check | Crew revisit Thu |
In short
Agenbord Build for Solar EPCs is proposed project operations software for residential and commercial solar installers. It would track each project from signed contract to permission to operate: permits, interconnection applications by utility, equipment procurement, installs and inspections, milestone billing and financier funding milestones, with job cost on every system. It is a concept: shown with illustrative designs and delivered today as a custom build on our production construction ERP engine.
What slows solar epc installers down today.
Projects stall between signature and install
The sale closed in two hours; the permit, HOA approval, utility application and equipment allocation take weeks, each in a different portal. Projects sit in 'pending' with nobody sure which step is late, and homeowners cancel while they wait.
Every utility and jurisdiction has its own clock
One utility approves interconnection in a week, another needs a meter-spot visit and a revised one-line, and a third has a backlog. Without status by utility and jurisdiction, operations can't schedule crews or warn sales about the territories that will slip.
Funding milestones decide your cash, and they're easy to miss
A lender pays on notice to proceed, install complete and permission to operate - but only with the right photos, signed completion certificate and PTO letter uploaded to its portal. A missing photo of the main panel holds back a five-figure payment for weeks.
How the work flows through the system.
Each workflow runs on one shared record, so nobody re-types numbers between steps.
Signed contract to permission to operate
Sales → project coordinator → permitting → install crew
- A signed contract arrives from your sales or proposal tool with system size, equipment, financing type and site details.
- The project gets a checklist for its jurisdiction, utility, HOA and financier: site survey, plan set, permit, interconnection application, notice to proceed.
- Permits are submitted (through SolarAPP+ where the jurisdiction uses it) and their status tracked; the interconnection application is logged with the utility's reference number.
- Once permit and interconnection approval are in, the install is scheduled with equipment allocated from stock or a purchase order.
- Inspection, utility witness test or meter swap, and PTO are tracked until the system is energized.
Financier funding milestones
Project coordinator → finance → financing partner
- Each financing partner's milestone schedule - for example a payment at notice to proceed, install complete and PTO - is stored with its required documents.
- As the project moves, the system checks which documents each milestone needs: signed agreement, install photos by required angle, completion certificate, PTO letter.
- Missing items are assigned to the crew or coordinator with due dates; complete packages are marked ready to submit.
- Expected and received funding is tracked per project and per partner, and holdbacks or rejections are logged with the reason.
Commercial milestone billing and job cost
Project manager → procurement → accounting
- The commercial contract's milestone schedule (or schedule of values) becomes the billing plan, with retainage where the contract has it.
- Modules, inverters, racking and BOS are purchased against the job budget, with delivery dates tracked against the install schedule.
- Labor, equipment and subcontract cost post to the job by phase - civil, racking, electrical, commissioning.
- Milestone invoices are drafted when the milestone is evidenced, and the job's margin is visible before the next one.
What's included in Agenbord Build for Solar EPCs.
Project pipeline
Every system from signed contract to PTO, with stage, days in stage and the next blocking step.
Permitting by jurisdiction
Requirements, submission method, fees and typical turnaround per jurisdiction, with each project's permit status and corrections.
Interconnection by utility
Application references, required documents, status and days in queue per utility, including meter and witness-test steps.
Procurement & inventory
Modules, inverters, batteries and racking by warehouse and project, with allocations, purchase orders and deliveries.
Install & inspection scheduling
Crews, install dates, inspection appointments and photo checklists on the field app.
Financier milestones
Funding schedules and document rules for each lender, lease or PPA partner, with expected, submitted and received amounts.
Milestone billing & retainage
Commercial milestone or schedule-of-values billing, with retainage and change orders.
Job cost by system
Equipment, labor, permit fees and subcontract cost per project and per watt, against the sold price.
Homeowner updates
Status texts and emails at each milestone, with consent recorded, so fewer people call to ask where their project is.
AI that does specific jobs and shows its work.
Every AI feature is tested on your own records before it's switched on, and a person approves anything that moves money or goes to a customer.
Funding package check
Reviews the documents and photos attached to a milestone against that financier's checklist and flags what's missing or unreadable - for example, no photo of the inverter label. Limits: it checks against the rules you load for each partner; a coordinator reviews before submission.
Ask your project data
Questions like "which utility has the longest average time from install to PTO this quarter?" answered from your own records, with the projects listed.
Who it's for and who it isn't.
A good fit if you are
- Residential installers completing 30-400 systems a month across several jurisdictions and utilities
- Commercial EPCs building 100 kW to 5 MW rooftop, carport and ground-mount projects
- Installers funded through several lenders, lease or PPA providers with different milestone rules
- Operations teams tracking permits and interconnection in spreadsheets beside a sales CRM
Probably not the right fit if you are
- Utility-scale developers managing large interconnection queues and project finance
- Sales organizations that subcontract every install and only need proposal and CRM tools
- Single-crew installers doing a handful of systems a month
Designed around the rules you work under.
Plain-English notes, not legal advice. Software supports your compliance process; it doesn't replace your attorney, CPA or compliance lead.
Federal solar tax credit deadlines
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025) ended the residential clean energy credit (§25D) for expenditures after December 31, 2025, and limits the §48E and §45Y credits for solar to facilities that began construction by July 4, 2026 or are placed in service by December 31, 2027. IRS Notice 2025-42 limits the 5% safe harbor for beginning construction to solar facilities of 1.5 MW (AC) or less. The project record is designed to keep beginning-of-construction evidence and placed-in-service dates; your tax advisor decides eligibility. Troutman Pepper guide; McGuireWoods on Notice 2025-42.
Prevailing wage and apprenticeship on commercial projects
For facilities of 1 MW (AC) or more that began construction on or after January 29, 2023, the increased (generally five times) clean energy credit requires paying prevailing wages and meeting registered-apprenticeship labor-hour requirements. Crew timesheets carry wage classification and apprentice hours so the records can be produced. IRS - Prevailing wage and apprenticeship.
Automated permitting where available
SolarAPP+ is a free platform that participating jurisdictions use to issue instant permits for residential rooftop solar and storage systems that meet code. The permitting module records which jurisdictions use it, so eligible projects take that path. U.S. DOE on SolarAPP+.
What exists today and what's being built.
Reused from our production engines
Capabilities of the engine this edition is built on.
- Projects, portfolio tracking and job costing
- Progress billing with retention
- Procurement, materials and inventory
- Site diaries with photos and labor attendance
- Mobile approvals and an AI copilot over company data
Built for your project
Scoped and delivered as a custom build.
- Permit and interconnection tracking by jurisdiction and utility
- Financier milestone schedules and document checklists
- Contract hand-off from design and sales tools
- Install photo checklists and inspection scheduling
- Beginning-of-construction and prevailing-wage records
- Homeowner status messages with consent tracking
Connects to the systems you already run.
Systems we integrate with
Named platforms are examples we build against through their public APIs - not partnership claims.
How it compares - honestly.
Established products are often the right answer. Here's when each one is the better choice.
| Product | What it is | The better choice when |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Solar | Leading solar design and proposal software: remote site modeling, shading, system design and sales proposals. | Your bottleneck is design and sales. Aurora's design data can feed this edition rather than compete with it. |
| Enerflo | A residential solar platform covering sales and proposals, financing integrations and project milestone tracking from contract to PTO. | You are a residential installer that wants one ready-made platform from sale to install, and your processes fit its workflow. |
| Solargraf (Enphase) | Enphase's design and proposal software for residential installers, with permit plan sets and financing options. | You install Enphase systems and want design, proposals and plan sets in the same ecosystem. |
What it costs, up front.
This edition is a concept, so it is delivered as a custom build on the Agenbord Build engine at a fixed price. The first installers to commission it shape the product and get a reduced build price.
Pipeline + funding milestones
From $25k
Project pipeline, permit and interconnection tracking, financier milestones and document checklists, with your sales tool hand-off.
8–12 weeks
Full solar EPC edition
$60k–$150k
Adds procurement and inventory, install scheduling and field app, milestone billing, job cost per watt and homeowner updates.
4–8 months, phased
Multi-state or commercial
$150k+
Several states and branches, commercial EPC billing with retainage, prevailing-wage records and consolidated reporting.
Phased
Solar EPC installers: common questions.
Is this solar software available today?
No. It is a concept shown with illustrative designs. It reuses the project, procurement, inventory, billing and site diary modules of our production construction ERP engine, and is delivered as a custom build for the installers that commission it.
Does it replace Aurora, Enerflo or our CRM?
No. Design, proposals and sales stay in the tools your team already uses. This edition starts at the signed contract and runs operations, procurement, funding milestones and job cost, with the contract data handed off automatically where those tools offer an API.
Can it submit interconnection applications to utilities?
Most utilities use their own portals, so the edition tracks each application, its documents and status by utility rather than submitting on your behalf. Where a utility offers an API or bulk upload, we can scope a direct connection.
How does it handle different financing partners?
Each lender, lease or PPA partner gets its own milestone schedule, amounts and document rules. Projects inherit the rules of their financing type, and the funding view shows expected, submitted, held and received amounts by partner.
Does it track tax credit requirements?
It keeps the records your tax advisor needs - beginning-of-construction evidence, placed-in-service dates, and prevailing-wage and apprenticeship hours on commercial projects. It does not decide credit eligibility; federal rules changed significantly in 2025, so that decision stays with your advisor.
What does it cost?
From $25k for the project pipeline and funding milestones, and $60k-$150k for the full edition with procurement, installs, billing and job cost, at a fixed price agreed before work starts.
Sources
- Troutman Pepper - Navigating the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: a practical guide
- McGuireWoods - IRS Notice 2025-42 and the 5% safe harbor
- SEIA - One Big Beautiful Bill fact sheet (July 2025)
- IRS - Prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements
- U.S. Department of Energy - Communities automating solar permitting with SolarAPP+
Regulatory notes are plain-English summaries, not legal advice.
Concept
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