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TEGG SERVICES
TEGG Offers Solar Power
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Knights' Electric's TEGG Services now offers
solar power systems for commercial facilities
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Knights’ Electric, Inc.’s TEGG Services is now offering solar power solutions to commercial customers. TEGG Services is partnering with DC Power Systems in Healdsburg to offer solar power systems that can save commercial companies money by installing roof top solar panels and inverters that convert 12-volt solar energy to AC electrical power to run their facilities.
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Knights’ Electric’s TEGG Services will install the solar power systems, which come from DC Power Systems in Healdsburg. “We will be more competitive just in the fact that we save money on shipping by getting the materials from Healdsburg”, say Luka Dexter, Knights’ Electric’s TEGG DES Sales & Project Manager. DC Power Systems will work with customers to receive incentive programs for tax credits for using solar power. |
Solar panels are light weight and sturdy making
them less stressful on roof areas
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| The key to building a solar power system for a commercial facility is to not over build it or under build it for the amount of electrical energy needed. “We will engineer the systems by using PG&E invoices for 6 months to a year to determine the energy usage of the facility”, says Dexter. “If you under build it you still need to buy energy from PG&E and if you over build it you send excess energy back to the grid and you don’t get a check for it from PG&E.” |
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Medlock Ames, a winery in Healdsburg, Ca
runs on 100% solar energy
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The solar panels have a 25 year warranty and the inverter has a ten year warranty as required by the state of California. “The idea is to pay for the solar power system in 6 or 7 years, on average, and receive free power after that.”, says Dexter. |
Domaine Carneros' 23,500 square foot Pinot Noir
facility in Napa has the largest winery solar electric
system in the country it powers 40% of the facility
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WINERIES
Failla Crushes Grapes at New Facility
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Failla has a new winemaking facility at 3530 Silverado Trail in St. Helena
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Failla, a Napa County winery on Silverado Trail, crushed grapes at their new facility for the first time this year. Winemaker Ehren Jordan is building a new wine making facility, which presently consists of the hillside caves and the newly built crush pad. Jordan has been making Failla for the past ten years, custom crushing at Turley Wine Cellars in St. Helena, where he has also been the winemaker for the past 14 years.
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Knights' Electric installed conduit along this wall on the crush pad
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The new winery is being built in phases with room for barrel storage and tanks in the caves and a future building proposed for the area that is now the crush pad. "We are proceeding yearly on this project and making wine as we go”, say Jordan. |
Knights' Electric manufactured and installed
this custom made power stanchion
with 480-volt power on the crush pad
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| Knights Electric, Inc. was contracted to design and install the main electrical systems which included a fully automatic 100KW back up generator. The main electrical service was custom built to house the automatic transfer switch for the generator. Also included was power and phone distribution to the winery and cave entrance along with power to the refrigeration equipment and electric fire pump. Pump stanchions and power outlets were installed on the crush pad for the portable crush equipment . |
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Knights' Electric installed these sub panels
to bring 480-volt power to the crush pad
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Knights’ Electric installed the Caterpillar, 100KW, 277/480-volt backup generator that is capable of powering the fire pump, winery and an existing residence on the property in case the main power from PG&E is down. |
Knights' Electric installed this 100KW
Caterpillar backup generator
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| “I’ve done other projects with Knights’ Electric at Turley and their work has always been very good”, says Jordan. “They have always completed projects on time and within the budget. I keep a rolodex with my favorite people to work with and Knights’ is one of them. I also recommend Knights’ Electric to other wineries” |
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Knights' Electric installed the outlets, lighting and
conduit for the fire pump and other equipment
in the pump house
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THE COMPANY
Barbara Ragsdale Named President & CEO of Knights' Electric, Inc.
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Barbara Ragsdale has been named President & CEO of Knights’ Electric, Inc., replacing her father Bob Knight. Ragsdale had been CFO since 1982 when Knights’ Electric became a corporation. At that time the company had 10 employees. Knights’ Electric now has over 40 employees. |
Barbara Ragsdale is the new President & CEO
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Ragsdale’s brothers, Rob and Art Knight are both Vice Presidents at Knights’ Electric. “I feel like Barbara’s the leader of our team. She has a good business background and she’s good at managing and planning”, says Rob Knight. “I think it’s great. I feel that she’s the leader of the company. I’m very proud of her for taking on leadership roles in the community”, says Art Knight. |
Knight’s Electric was founded in 1976. “Back then when my parents started the company I would get out of school in the afternoon and pick up materials at the wholesale house in Santa Rosa and drive them back to the shop in Windsor. My brothers were learning the ropes in the field. We did whatever needed to be done”, says Ragsdale. |
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