Washington State has a very good program which I believe is a kind of FIT Community solar thing that pays over $1.00/kW generated.
Andrew Koyaanisqatsi President Solar Energy Solutions, Inc. Since 1987, Moving Portland and Beyond to an Environmentally Sustainable Future. 503-238-4502 www.solarenergyoregon.com "Better one's House too little one day than too big all the Year after." --- On Thu, 4/7/11, Dave Click <davecl...@fsec.ucf.edu> wrote: From: Dave Click <davecl...@fsec.ucf.edu> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] community solar To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 1:05 PM If you have a muni then it's possible, but I'd guess that with most investor-owned utilities they'd just laugh in your face. There are a few utilites out there that have done this- I think that Portland, OR and Seattle have this and we're working on it here in Orlando too. These links should help: http://votesolar.org/2010/12/community-solar-coming-to-a-town-near-you/ http://votesolar.org/communitysolar/ http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IREC-Community-Renewables-Report-11-16-10_FINAL.pdf Larry Brown wrote: > wrenches. > > I have had several inquires into this possible scenario. anybody have > any experience doing this with their local utility? > > several families in a neighborhood or community invest together to put > up a solar array either on an existing building that has excellent solar > access or a ground mount that also has a wide solar window. the system > is set up so that it is configured into sub arrays with each sub array > having an inverter and a kwh meter that records the output of that sub > array. each of the sub arrays is designated (by agreement and the proper > paper work) to a particular family based on how much they invested into > the system. the output of the whole system is then grid tied and all of > the kwh go directly to the utility. it is then just a matter of > accounting in that each of the sub arrays kwh's produced is deducted > from the kwh's used by that particular customer on their home or > business utility bill. So the customer either has a credit that is > carried over or has a balance owed that appears on the next utility bill. > > The design and installation is straight forward and in one centralized > local location. > It is only a matter of paper work and accounting. > And it builds community and neighbors get to know each other > Much like Community Supported Agriculture > > Larry Brown > Sun Mountain > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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