[RE-wrenches] community solar

[Jeff Irish]

I believe Massachusetts has this, which is called "community net metering".  New York State does not allow it, but a bill is in the assembly and senate this session called "virtual net metering" whereby a single customer with multiple meters can interconnect to one and apply excess generation credits to the others.  The target market is counties, towns, cities, large companies.  Not quite what you have in mind, Larry, but a step in the right direction.

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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.
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--- On Thu, 4/7/11, Dave Click <daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu> wrote:

From: Dave Click <daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] community solar
To: re-wrenches at 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
>
>
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