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Welcome to Anthony, New Mexico. If you’re looking for solar panels, battery backup, or panel cleaning here in town, you’ve found a local crew that actually shows up. We answer the phone around the clock at (877) 550-6892, and our team knows the streets of Anthony, the dust that settles on roofs here, and the dual-state utility rules that make this border town unlike any other solar market in the country. Whether you live off Highway 28 near the onion fields or in one of the older neighborhoods along Oden Road, we’ll give you straight numbers and a clear picture of what solar will actually do on your roof.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Anthony Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
Most solar companies in this area send a salesperson with a tablet and a financing pitch. We do things differently. Gus Petrakis started this company in 2011 and put his own name on the building. He still answers his own phone. When you call about Anthony Solar Panel Installation, you talk to a real person, not a ticketing queue or a call center in another state. The crews that work on your roof are background-checked and uniformed. They’re Gus’s own people, not subcontractors he’s never met.
Homeowners in neighborhoods near Anthony Elementary and the older homes along Main Street tell us the same thing: they already got burned once by an out-of-state installer who quoted one number over the phone and another at the door. That’s why we write the price down and let it sit. Bring us your El Paso Electric bill, we’ll build the math off your actual usage. Take two weeks to think about it. The price will be the same. If a salesman needs an answer tonight, the answer is no.
Solar Services We Offer in Anthony
Solar Panel Installation
We design and install grid-tied solar systems sized to your actual consumption, not a generic square-footage guess. Every roof penetration gets flashed and sealed properly, which matters here because low-slope stucco roofs don’t forgive a sloppy mounting job. Learn more about our Solar Panel Installation in Anthony.
Solar Battery Storage & Backup
With El Paso Electric’s time-of-use rates on the Texas side and New Mexico’s different net metering rules across the street, a battery often changes the entire financial picture of your system. We install FranklinWH, Tesla, and Enphase batteries configured for how your household actually uses power. Learn more about our Solar Battery Storage & Backup in Anthony.
Solar Panel Cleaning
Dust from the surrounding Mesilla Valley pecan orchards and farm fields coats panels fast here. Quarterly cleaning keeps your output within a few percent of day-one numbers instead of the 15-25% loss we regularly measure on neglected systems in Anthony. Learn more about our Solar Panel Cleaning in Anthony.
EV Charger Installation
We install our EV Charger Installation in Anthony on dedicated circuits, sized for your panel’s actual capacity. If you drive between Anthony and El Paso daily, a home charger pays for itself quickly compared to public stations.
Solar Panel Maintenance & Monitoring
Gus monitors every system we install. When production drops or an inverter faults, he’s the one who calls you, not the other way around. We handle warranty work, firmware updates, and annual inspections.
Solar Panel Repair
Hail damage, microcracked cells, chewed wiring, failed inverters, a cracked mount from a monsoon wind gust. We fix it. We also do free second opinions on any written estimate from another company so you know exactly what’s actually wrong.
Commercial Solar Installation
For farms, warehouses, and small businesses around Anthony, we design commercial arrays that offset real operating costs. With the area’s intense solar resource, commercial systems here typically pay back faster than almost anywhere else in the nation.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Anthony
We work all over the 79821 ZIP code and the surrounding area. Our crews are typically on-site within one to two business days for estimates, and we don’t charge a trip fee anywhere in our own county.
- Neighborhoods near Anthony Elementary and Main Street
- Homes along Highway 28 and Oden Road
- The farm-adjacent properties east of town toward Chaparral
- Newer subdivisions off Vinton Canyon Road
Why Anthony’s Climate & Housing Affect Solar
Anthony sits in the Chihuahuan Desert at roughly 3,700 feet elevation. That altitude and latitude combine to give this area some of the highest solar irradiance in the continental United States. Your panels will produce more electricity here than they would in most of Texas or New Mexico. But that same desert location means dust. Pecan orchards, onion fields, and open desert generate wind-blown agricultural dust that settles on panels at rates well above the national average. We’ve measured output losses of 15 to 25 percent on systems that went six months without Solar Panel Cleaning - Anthony. That’s why the standard “wash them once a year” advice from elsewhere simply doesn’t apply here. Quarterly cleaning is the baseline if you want a system that actually performs.
Anthony’s housing stock is also different from what most installers are used to. The majority of homes are modest single-family and manufactured homes built from the 1970s through the 2000s, many with flat or low-slope stucco-clad roofs typical of Chihuahuan Desert construction. Low roof pitches mean the racking has to be engineered for proper tilt angle, or you’re leaving production on the table. And with occasional intense monsoon downpours, every penetration has to be sealed correctly or you’re inviting a leak into your ceiling. We’ve fixed enough of those to know exactly how to avoid them.
Pricing for Solar in Anthony
Talk about actual numbers. A typical grid-tied residential system in Anthony runs between $11,500 and $22,000 before the 30 percent federal tax credit, depending on system size and panel type. Battery backup adds $8,500 to $15,000 depending on capacity. Panel cleaning runs $160 to $300 per visit for a standard residential array, with quarterly contracts available. Repairs range from $40 off any repair over $200, which is a standing offer, to a few hundred for inverter replacements. Every quote is built off your actual utility bill. We quote the year-25 output, not the day-one brochure number. No trip charge inside our own county. Free second opinion on any written estimate. Seniors and veterans get 10 percent off, and that discount never expires.
Service Area - Cities Near Anthony
While this page covers Anthony proper, our crews also serve Sunland Park and Chaparral regularly. If you’re in those areas, the same pricing and the same crew standards apply. Call and ask.
Serving Anthony, NM - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Anthony area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Solar in Anthony
Yes. Anthony receives some of the highest solar irradiance in the continental US thanks to its Chihuahuan Desert location and roughly 3,700-foot elevation. Systems here produce more kilowatt-hours per panel than virtually anywhere else in Texas or New Mexico. The key variable is whether your specific roof and utility agreement pencil out, which is exactly what we’ll show you from your own bill. Call (877) 550-6892 for an exact number.
Anthony sits directly on the Texas-New Mexico state line. Homes in the same neighborhood can fall under El Paso Electric’s Texas PUC interconnection tariffs or New Mexico’s statutory net metering rules depending on which side of the line they’re on. This dual-state regulatory situation is unique to Anthony and affects how your system is credited for exported power. We handle both jurisdictions daily and will build your quote around the rules that actually apply to your address.
Most residential systems in Anthony run between $11,500 and $22,000 before the 30 percent federal tax credit. Your total depends on system size, roof condition, panel brand, and whether you add battery storage. We’ll give you a written quote that doesn’t change after you’ve had time to think about it. Estimates are free.
Quarterly. The surrounding Mesilla Valley’s pecan orchards, onion fields, and open desert produce wind-blown agricultural dust that degrades panel output by 15-25 percent between cleanings. Waiting a full year between washes, which works in most of the country, simply doesn’t work here. We offer quarterly cleaning contracts that keep your system performing at its best. Call for current pricing.
Yes. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Albuquerque office, but we send crews to Anthony regularly and can typically get someone out within one to two business days. We don’t charge a trip fee anywhere in our own county. A live person answers the phone 24/7 at (877) 550-6892.
That depends on your utility agreement and whether you’re trying to protect against outages or simply optimize your bill. With El Paso Electric’s time-of-use rates on the Texas side of town, a battery often shifts enough consumption to pay for itself faster than the panels do. We carry FranklinWH, Tesla, and Enphase Solar Battery Storage & Backup - Anthony options and will tell you honestly whether one makes financial sense for your situation.
Ready to see what solar will actually do on your roof in Anthony? Call Gus at (877) 550-6892 for a free estimate. Bring your electric bill and we’ll bring the math. Take two weeks to think about it. The number won’t change.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar, serving the Anthony, NM area with honest solar work since 2011.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local solar pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, typically within 1-hour.
- 4You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What Anthony Customers Say
"He flashed every roof penetration properly and showed me the flashing before it went down. Three roof seasons on and not a drop anywhere."
- Philomena Achara"Panel level monitoring so I can see each one, proper stainless clips under the array rather than zip ties, and he walked me under it with a torch to show me before he signed off."
- Cassius Delacroix"Gus's own crew did the install. Not a subcontractor who had never met him, which is what the big outfit quoted me and could not tell me who would actually be on my roof."
- Aurelia Santibanez