Tucsonites may pay fixed rate for community solar
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05 Aug 2010
An innovative way to put more solar on the grid is being pioneered by Tucson Electric Power with The Bright Tucson Community Solar Program. By buying $3 shares, individual utility customers can choose to own a portion of a 1.6 MW community solar project, a single-axis tracking PV array built at the future UA Science and Technology Park by a Tucson-based solar manufacturer and system developer, Solon. Renters as well as homeowners can participate. Six of the $3 blocks, or $18 a month premium would cover the full monthly electric use of a typical household in Tucson. They can buy as many as they like, and, for now, it is added to their current electricity bill, as a premium. But the $3 rate they pay for each 150 kWh block of solar power will remain fixed for 20 years. http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/03/tucson-homeowners-solar/
