Summit Energy

We hired Summit Energy to install a solar system with a battery backup system in our home. I also hired the company's construction division, Peak, to install a new roof on our home. The company has failed to install an operational system, which has led to us paying for both the solar system and electricity from May until the current date. The current and most troubling issue with the project is with the backup battery system. Summit failed to obtain a permit from our town to build the "room" they claim was necessary to house the lithium ion battery. No construction materials or plans for the construction of the "room" were submitted to the town or to us. I was shocked when they came and built a closet for the battery with no ventilation. As the battery was being installed I noticed that there were cooling fans at the top of the unit. I was told that fire rated door to this "room" had to be closed and locked at all times to operate the battery system. I asked multiple Summit employees how the battery could cool itself in a 4x4 room with no ventilation. The only response I get is "that's the code". I asked many times for Summit to provide me with the code, and they have refused. The manufacturer's installation requirements for location and compliance call for the unit to be installed in a well ventilated area. This "room" is not well ventilated. I told multiple Summit employees including the person holding the on the project that we are not at all comfortable with the battery that needs to cool itself operating in the closed room, because the unit will not be able to cool itself. I have spoken to many professionals in researching this issue, even some in the solar industry. Not one person has disagreed with my concerns that the system can't operate safely in this "room" Summit has been deceptive and deceitful refusing to pay any attention to our safety concerns. They laugh when they are held accountable for their many mistakes.