16 Companies, 2 Trade Associations Offer to Put Solar on Bill O’Reilly’s House

November 22nd, 2011 by Zachary Shahan

Following up on my post yesterday about Fox’s Bill O’Reilly thinking there’s no one available to put solar on his house on Long Island, I’ve got some news from Vote Solar.

First, the actual quote from O’Reilly: “I want to buy solar or wind for my house this winter. Can you tell me where to do that? There’s no where, no one.”

Now, some stats on how many solar installers are actually out on Long Island and how many Long Islanders have gone solar: Hundreds of solar companies operate in NY and over 4,000 Long Islanders have already gone solar.

Is Bill O’Reilly completely off his rocker? Does he actually believe that there is no one willing to install solar on his Long Island home?

Anyway, Vote Solar went to work on Friday evening and “put out a quick call for NY solar companies interested in helping Mr. O’Reilly go solar.” By the end of the
weekend, 16 companies and 2 trade associations representing dozens more told Vote Solar they’d be happy to.

Here’s the full letter from Vote Solar and the signatories:

Dear Mr. O’Reilly,

We hear you are ready to go solar pending your ability to locate a solar provider. We represent some of the hundreds of solar companies currently operating in New York State. We would be happy to help you get started with your investment in solar so you can join the many New Yorkers who are already saving money on their monthly utility bills by generating their own power.

Signed,

Clean Power Finance

Community Energy

EcoOutfitters.net

Energy by Choice

ETM Solar Works

Innovated Energy Solutions

KPS Solar

Mercury Solar Systems

One Block Off the Grid

RH Innovation Inc

SolarCity

Sungevity

Sunrise Energy Concepts

SunRun

Suntech America

Trinity Solar

Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) – representing 20 companies with solar operations in New York.

Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association (LIPA) – representing 25 solar electric contractors on Long Island.

While I’m all for the cause, why do I have the feeling O’Reilly is still going to take all this and try to turn it into something negative?

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Anonymous

OK, Zack. You blasted our eyeballs with that obscenity once more.

Święty Mikołaj will be filling your stocking with coal. I know that his usual routine is to beat bad children with a birch, but I put in a special order.
- Anonymous
  
  Haha, you crack me up
  
  Thank You
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To Zach
Before you continue your psycho rant against Bill Reilly, in all fairness, I and many friends in New England have called a few solar companies many times, if they even take your call,they NEVER get back to you.
So take your self righteous indignation towards BIl and stuff it.
There are reasons to like or not like him, but this is NOT one of them.
- Anonymous
  
  Are you kidding me? I’m sorry, I don’t buy it. If a company is in business, it wants clients/customers. Maybe you had the wrong number.
- Teejaymasterson
  
  Dude (aka Nobama),
  
  Why are you Trolling on a Clean Tech website if you like Fox News, and more ridiculously Bill O-Reeeeally? Zach is a fair minded and intelligent writer. Telling him to “stuff it”? Really? Please attend charm school and get a grip before cluttering blog posts with your rants.
  
  Keep up the good work Zach! Haters gonna Hate!