East Coast Sun

I've never paid a power bill.

Fifteen years living off-grid and more than seventeen years working hands-on with solar. I'm Rudi Fowler.

Rudi Fowler installing a solar panel on a rooftop in New Brunswick

How I got here

I am a Fredericton native and the founder of East Coast Sun. Living off-grid taught me early that solar is not an abstract technology. It is the system that has to carry a real home through dark mornings, winter storms, and the ordinary demands of daily life.

That lived experience grew into hands-on work across New Brunswick. I have worked with residential and commercial rooftops, ground mounts, trackers, 3-phase projects, grid-tied systems, hybrid systems, and fully off-grid installations. East Coast Sun exists to make that experience useful: explain the options clearly, design around the real property, and help people decide whether solar is actually a good fit.

Advice before equipment

I start with the roof, shading, power use, electrical service, and what the customer wants to accomplish. If solar is not a fit, I will say so. Published customer reviews repeatedly mention clear explanations, realistic numbers, and not being pushed to buy equipment they do not need.

Living off-grid

Running my own home on solar and storage for fifteen years has taught me how systems behave in a New Brunswick winter, what loads matter during an outage, and why storage has to be sized from real usage. That experience goes into grid-tied, hybrid, and off-grid designs alike.

By the numbers

17+ years
hands-on solar experience
10,000+
panels installed in New Brunswick
2+ MW
of capacity installed
Province-wide
service across New Brunswick

How I work

It starts with a conversation about your power use and what you want the system to accomplish. Then comes a property and electrical review: roof, shading, panel, meter, and any site constraints that affect the design.

The written proposal shows the panel layout, equipment, expected production, consumption offset, price, assumptions, and warranties. If you proceed, East Coast Sun coordinates the utility application, permitting, installation, inspection, connection, and monitoring setup.

Support does not end when the system turns on. One published customer review specifically notes that East Coast Sun continued checking in months after installation and responded quickly to later questions.

What you can expect

Ready to see what solar looks like on your roof?

Send me your address and last power bill and I will take an honest look at whether it makes sense for your home.

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