Co-op Power Raises The Bar For Community Solar Nationwide
This article was originally published at ILSR.org. A concerted effort is growing in the Northeast to address renewable energy goals … [continued]
This article was originally published at ILSR.org. A concerted effort is growing in the Northeast to address renewable energy goals … [continued]
Originally published at ilsr.org. Rural communities formed rural electric cooperatives as a way to get energy where no one else would provide … [continued]
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New England offers some of the nation’s biggest incentives for renewable energy generation, but high upfront costs and complicated financing mean many residents are still missing out on the opportunity to go solar. But one cooperative, with a series of pioneering programs, is beginning to change that.
For more than five years, Vineyard Power Cooperative has provided electricity customers living in one of Massachusetts’ best-known island communities the chance to buy into an energy future that favors renewables and bolsters their local economy.
Over nearly 15 years, Co-op Power has implemented practices that promote local ownership and greater community control. Owned by more than 500 members, Co-op Power includes a half-dozen individual energy co-ops in the northeast.