Community Solar allows you to subscribe to a share of a larger solar farm located in your area. If you have an electric bill, you can support solar without putting panels on your roof – and save money!
Are you a renter? Home not suitable for solar? Don’t want panels on your roof?
Community Solar is made for you.
Community Solar is made for you.
Community Solar allows you to subscribe to a share of a larger solar farm located in your area. If you have an electric bill, you can support solar without putting panels on your roof – and save money!
When you buy into a community solar project, you receive a portion of the energy generated by a large solar panel system that is located elsewhere in your area. Unlike a home solar panel system, a community solar project isn’t installed on your roof. Community solar and rooftop solar both result in net savings on your electricity bill, but each offers distinct benefits. Compare them to find the right one for you.
First, decide whether you’d prefer to own your share or find a subscription-based program. Ownership means you make an up-front investment in order to save money in the future, while subscription-based programs offer savings over a set period of time. There are a number of different subscription structures for you to consider when comparing community solar offers. Other considerations include the location of a project and how soon it will begin delivering savings.
When you move, you can keep your share of the community solar project as long as your new home is within the same service area. If you move outside of the service area, you will have to sell your share (if you own it), transfer a subscription to another account, or potentially pay an early cancellation fee (if you choose a subscription-based model). Cancellation terms vary by project and provider.
Community solar saves you money by allowing you to invest in solar panels that produce electricity for your home or business, even when you can’t install them on your roof. When you participate in a community solar project, you are paying for access to less expensive solar electricity so that you don’t have to buy electricity at standard utility rates.
If you own a share of or subscribe to a community solar project, you will receive virtual net metering credits on your electric bill from your utility. Each credit is equal to one kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity. For example: you use 1,000 kWh at your home in one month, and your community solar share produces 800 kWh. The 800 kWh in credits from your share are applied to your electric bill, and your utility bills you for the remaining 200 kWh. You pay your community solar provider directly for the cost of your share or subscription.
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Community Solar that all can qualify for
Project Location: National Grid Territory
Project Launch Date: May 1, 2018
Customers Served: National Grid NY customers
Offer: Community Solar project available for National Grid customers in New York. 5% discount over normal retail electric rates. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: No Fee
Community Solar that all can qualify for
Project Location: NYSEG Territory
Project Launch Date: May 1, 2018
Customers Served: NYSEG customers
Offer: Community Solar project available for National Grid customers in New York. Enjoy a 5% discount over normal retail electric rates. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: No Fee
Community Solar that all can qualify for
Project Location: RG&E Territory
Project Launch Date: May 1, 2018
Customers Served: RG&E Customers
Offer: Community Solar project available for RG&E customers in New York. 5% discount over normal retail electric rates. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: No Fee
Nexamp is a veteran-founded solar company with over a decade of experience in the Northeast. Our community solar program, Solarize My Bill™, requires no credit check and no upfront costs, so it is available to nearly anyone who wants to save money and support solar.
Project Location: Newfield, NY
Customers Served: NYSEG customers in Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Seneca, and Yates counties.
Offer: 10% discount to NYSEG rates
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: Credits from your solar allocation will directly offset your electricity costs, and you pay Nexamp only $0.90 for every $1.00 credit. There is no cost to enroll and you may adjust your allocation during the term of your enrollment.
Term Length: Pay-as-you-go subscription, up to 20 years.
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: Credits from your solar allocation will directly offset your electricity costs, and you pay Nexamp only $0.90 for every $1.00 credit. There is no cost to enroll and you may adjust your allocation during the term of your enrollment.
Renovus Solar constructed the first community solar farm in NY just a few short years ago. We are a local company, with more experience than any other solar firm in New York state, maintaining and optimizing community solar arrays.
Project Location: Catlin, NY
Customers Served: NYSEG customers in Central NY.
Offer: Up to 100% offset of your electric bill depending on capacity.
Contract Type: Pay Upfront
More Info: Renovus offers an ownership-centric community solar model. You own your panels, and all the electricity produced by them. This energy is then credited directly to your utility bill, offsetting up to 100% of your cost.
Term Length: 25-year guarantee
Cancellation: No Cancellation Allowed
More Info: Renovus offers an ownership-centric community solar model. You own your panels, and all the electricity produced by them. This energy is then credited directly to your utility bill, offsetting up to 100% of your cost.
SunShare makes it possible for anyone to access clean, locally produced solar energy while lowering your electricity bill.
Project Location: Various locations in Central and Southern Minnesota.
Customers Served: Xcel Energy customers in Central and Southern Minnesota.
Offer: No upfront fee, save 4% easily
Contract Type: Fixed Rate + Escalator
More Info: No cancelation fee or penalty with notice
Term Length: 25 years
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: No cancelation fee or penalty with notice
Renovus Solar constructed the first community solar farm in NY just a few short years ago. We are a local company, with more experience than any other solar firm in New York state, maintaining and optimizing community solar arrays.
Project Location: Orange, NY
Customers Served: NYSEG customers in Central NY.
Offer: Up to 100% offset of your electric bill depending on capacity.
Contract Type: Pay Upfront
More Info: Renovus offers an ownership-centric community solar model. You own your panels, and all the electricity produced by them. This energy is then credited directly to your utility bill, offsetting up to 100% of your cost.
Term Length: 25 years
Cancellation: No Cancellation Allowed
More Info: Renovus offers an ownership-centric community solar model. You own your panels, and all the electricity produced by them. This energy is then credited directly to your utility bill, offsetting up to 100% of your cost.
Dynamic Energy offers a 10% floating discount off of the National Grid Zone F 3-year trailing average rate.
Project Location: New York
Project Launch Date: October 2018
Customers Served: National Grid Zone F, New York. This area includes the following cities: Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Hudson, Cobleskill, Amsterdam, Gloversville, Saratoga, Glens Falls and Ticonderoga.
Offer: 10% floating discount off of the National Grid Zone F 3-year trailing average rate.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 25 years
Cancellation: No Fee
Community solar that all can qualify for!
Project Launch Date: August 2018
Customers Served: All customers of Baltimore Gas & Electric.
Offer: Community Solar project available for BG&E customers in MD. Enjoy a 5% discount over normal retail electric rates. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: No Fee
Community Solar that all can qualify for!
Project Launch Date: August 2018
Customers Served: All PEPCO customers.
Offer: Community Solar project available for PEPCO customers in Maryland. Enjoy a 5% discount over normal retail electric rates. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: No Fee
Community solar project for Pepco customers!
Project Location: PEPCO service territory on a former landfill in Prince George’s County.
Project Launch Date: Q1 2019
Customers Served: All Pepco customers.
Offer: A guaranteed 5% discount below Pepco rates for Pepco customers. No cost to sign up. Join your neighbors in helping to build a new solar project on the site of a former landfill in Prince George’s County.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: $250 cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Term Length: 5 years
Cancellation: Flat Fee
More Info: $250 cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Community solar for BG&E customers!
Project Location: Westminster, MD
Project Launch Date: Q1 2019
Offer: A guaranteed 5% discount below BG&E rates for BG&E customers. No cost to sign up. Join your neighbors in helping to build a new solar project to provide clean, local energy in central Maryland.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: $200 cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Term Length: 3 years
Cancellation: Flat Fee
More Info: $200 cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Community solar for BG&E customers!
Project Location: Owings Mills, MD
Project Launch Date: Q1 2019
Offer: A 5% discount below BG&E rates for BG&E customers. No cost to sign up. Join your neighbors in helping to build a new solar project to provide clean, local energy in central Maryland.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: $1,000, cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Term Length: 25 years
Cancellation: Flat Fee
More Info: $1,000, cancellation fee, waived if you move from the area and give 60 days notice.
Community shared solar program where all RGE residents may participate
Project Location: Rochester, NY
Project Launch Date: January 2019
Customers Served: RGE Residential Custmers. No FICO requirements
Offer: 10% savings over cost of utility provided electricity
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: No fees, cancel anytime with 6-month notice
Term Length: 1 year with automatic renew
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: No fees, cancel anytime with 6-month notice
We're on a mission to bring solar to every community. As a certified B Corp, we are guided by our responsibility to our customers, our community, and the planet.
Project Location: Walden, NY
Project Launch Date: Summer 2019
Customers Served: NYSEG customers
Offer: 10% discount on energy credits
Contract Type: Other
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Term Length: Savings on credits last for 20 years.
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
We're on a mission to bring solar to every community. As a certified B Corp, we are guided by our responsibility to our customers, our community, and the planet.
Project Location: Clifton Park, NY
Project Launch Date: Fall 2019
Customers Served: National Grid New York customers
Offer: 10% discount on energy credits
Contract Type: Other
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Term Length: Savings on credits last for 20 years.
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
We're on a mission to bring solar to every community. As a certified B Corp, we are guided by our responsibility to our customers, our community, and the planet.
Project Location: Mt. Hope, NY
Project Launch Date: Fall 2019
Customers Served: Orange and Rockland customers
Offer: 10% discount on energy credits
Contract Type: Other
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Term Length: Savings on credits last for 20 years.
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
We're on a mission to bring solar to every community. As a certified B Corp, we are guided by our responsibility to our customers, our community, and the planet.
Project Location: Montgomery, NY
Project Launch Date: Fall 2019
Customers Served: NYSEG customers
Offer: 10% discount on energy credits
Contract Type: Other
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Term Length: Savings on credits last for 20 years.
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: Cancel at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Connecticut's first community-shared solar facility!
Project Location: Connecticut
Project Launch Date: Open; Interconnection expected end of Q2.
Customers Served: Eversource CT customers; 680 FICO or greater
Offer: 10% savings of annual electric costs through on-bill credits.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: No fee if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, cancellation fee is calculated as the value of the previous three months’ worth of on-bill credits.
Term Length: 25 Years
Cancellation: Fee Based on Remaining Term
More Info: No fee if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, cancellation fee is calculated as the value of the previous three months’ worth of on-bill credits.
Community shared solar program for Colorado.
Project Location: Colorado
Project Launch Date: Open; projects already connected to grid.
Customers Served: Xcel Colorado customers
Offer: Upfront panel purchase at $1.35/Watt. Customers save money through on-bill crediting.
Contract Type: Pay Upfront
More Info: None if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, fee is calculated as the value of the previous three months’ worth of on-bill credits.
Term Length: Varies based on life of array.
Cancellation: Fee Based on Remaining Term
More Info: None if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, fee is calculated as the value of the previous three months’ worth of on-bill credits.
Community solar for Massachusetts residents!
Project Location: Massachusetts
Project Launch Date: Open; first connected expected Q3.
Customers Served: Eversource-East (NStar), Eversource-West (WMECo), and National Grid customers of MA; 680 FICO or greater
Offer: Annual electric expense savings - 10% of on-bill credits
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: None if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, you can transfer to a new homeowner.
Term Length: 20 Years
Cancellation: Fee Based on Remaining Term
More Info: None if you move within the territory and you keep the program. If you move outside of the territory, you can transfer to a new homeowner.
Community shared solar program open to residents and businesses in Eversource WCMA territory
Project Location: Massachusetts
Project Launch Date: April 1, 2019
Customers Served: WMECO residents and businesses in Western MA
Offer: 10% savings over cost of utility provided electricity
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
More Info: No cancellation fee, cancel anytime with 6 months notice
Term Length: 3 years
Cancellation: No Fee
More Info: No cancellation fee, cancel anytime with 6 months notice
Solar Without Rooftop Panels
Project Location: In NYSEG territory in New York
Project Launch Date: April 2019
Customers Served: NYSEG residential and commercial customers
Offer: Guaranteed Savings on Solar Credits applied to your NYSEG bill
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: Month to month
Cancellation: No Fee
Project Location: Rhode Island
Project Launch Date: June 2019
Customers Served: National Grid Rhode Island Customers
Offer: Community Solar project available for National Grid customers in Rhode Island. Enjoy a 10% discount over normal retail electric rates for energy credits from the project. No cost to sign up and no cancellation fee.
Contract Type: % Discount on Electric Rate
Term Length: 20 years
Cancellation: No Fee
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