Barely whisper the name “Sandy” on Long Island and PTSD sets in for many residents. The 2012 hurricane cost New York $41.9 billion in recovery and mitigation expenses, and millions in the Northeast were without power for almost two weeks. When Hurricane Isaias hit earlier this month in the middle of a pandemic, concern was high. Calls for energy storage systems increased significantly for Long Island residential and commercial solar installer日落，现在对电池的需求远远超过了公司的供应。
在承包商角播客的这一集中Solar Power Worldeditor-in-chief Kelly Pickerel talks with Scott Maskin, CEO of SUNation, about this crazy year, from being essentially shut down for 12 weeks at the beginning of COVID-19 to now being overwhelmed with business as the next natural disaster hits.
面试的一部分位于下面，但请务必收听完整的播客以获取更多洞察力，包括更多有关在早期Covid关闭期间被认为是在纽约提供基本服务的困难过程，而安装程序的好处是在社区中，通过其非营利性日落关心。
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冠状病毒是否导致更多的人想要储能？
我们在这里做很多商业工作，我们与长岛首席执行官进行了交谈。您要花钱确保您的团队安全并装备在家中工作，业务仍在继续，但是没有权力呢？想象一下Covid发生在桑迪期间。您的公司会在哪里？您必须确保可以与您在家工作的领导团队进行交流。必威克雷斯以撒真的把它锤回家。每个人都在谈论能够在家工作，这是新规范。好吧，如果您没有力量，那么新的规范会很糟糕。如果人们要在家工作，将会发生中断，这将打断业务，这将中断商务。因此，在您的员工中进行这样的投资是谨慎的。
日落has been around since 2003. Has this year been the craziest portion of business?
就个人而言，在首席执行官级别上，这对我来说绝对是最艰难的事情，毫无疑问。没有坚实的计划。遇到问题并努力解决解决方案是一回事。遇到问题并且没有声音就可以解决什么是什么是另一回事。大约四个月的时期，我什么也没做，只是坚持下去并试图将业务保持在一起。我正在与客户一起使用电话，确保交易被出售，因为如果销售下降，最终一切都会下降。您卷起袖子并参与其中，坦率地说，这是一件好事，因为它会使您重新融合。我们称其为SolarCoaster。从来没有一段时间我们爬上去，也不知道会跌倒，那令人振奋的跌落。
What does SUNation hope to accomplish in the next few years?
If we can get out of 2020 in one piece, that would be super welcome. COVID gave the company an opportunity to reboot. When you grow your business super rapidly, it’s kind of like a hamster wheel. You’re running around in the wheel and adding staff to make revenue, and sometimes it’s good to be able to stop. It’s good to reboot and retool and refocus your company. We changed some of our processing stuff. If I can get through 2020 flat, that would be a win. For the next couple years, if we could have a little moderate growth…we’re more interested in profitability now than growth. That was a tactical change for us.
当我说“前线”时，我指的是我们的55名工人，这些工人被专门称为飓风反应的前线。祝您好运：“从2020年中脱颖而出”。如果您需要建议，我们的门是开放的。
有趣的话！
感谢您从承包商的角度来看。在加利福尼亚，我是太阳能（C46），电气（C10）和仪器（C7）承包商，从2004年开始业务。
1.我同意今天的储能正在推动太阳能需求。顺便说一句，住宅安装系统中太阳能模块的重复使用可以消除具有太阳能屋顶覆盖物评级要求的障碍。简而言之，也可以将“重复使用”模块放在开放式机架结构上？换句话说，您也许可以在接地式安装中重复使用太阳能模块。
2.此外，太阳能工人的能力也不同。例如，可能有更多的太阳能工人没有能力，但具有出色的动手技能 - 公司忽略了技能，并且可以共同努力寻求解决方案。
太阳能行业中的人们必须通过表现出善良和彼此的友善来继续不同。我们必须共同努力以纠正环境中的损害。
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Very interesting choice of interviewee. The rest of LI solar has not stopped operating
那么，您在说Sunrun在12周的州长禁止关闭的情况下安装太阳能吗？
We’ve had a very different experience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Isaias. We are the only Long Island solar company whose crew was personally asked to help PSEG with hurricane relief (Long Island’s only electric company) and we’re proud to say we lent 55 of our own guys to the front lines. I work with Sunrise Power Solutions, a clean energy contractor based in Long Island NY. We service the municipal, K-12 educational and mechanical markets. We’ve kept LI workers employed throughout the pandemic; we are easily the busiest solar installer in our region and are proud to provide access to clean energy to dozens of school’s in our region. While schools were closed for quarantine, we’ve been working hard to make those schools more efficient, so districts can reinvest in education and come back stronger than ever. Let’s chat!
This is true, School districts were deemed essential even through Covid shut down. Somehow empty school buildings were essential. Sunrise is also a Union local 25 outfit and therefore was able to assist but I’m not so sure i would consider deploying panels on flat roofs on school districts as “Front Lines”. Not sure if Sunrise employs linemen, different skill set but I have no comment on what the storm response entailed. As far as the busiest in the region, perhaps on school districts, certainly not in other sectors.