In an effort to reduce my electricity bills and to promote clean alternative energies, I decided to look into the Connecticut Solar Lease program. The program, one of the leading solar programs in the country, is brought to us by The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund and CT Solar Leasing, LLC.
Combining the power of CCEF’s innovative Solar Rebate program with a leasing option creates an unbelievable opportunity for qualifying homeowners who are customers of CL&P and UI. If you qualify, this program helps you add solar energy to your home at the lowest possible cost. Qualification is based on where you live and your annual gross income. For Fairfield, the AGI limits are $162,000 for a family of 4. For Westport the AGI limit is $235,600 for a family of 4. Click here to see if you qualify.
Combining the power of CCEF’s innovative Solar Rebate program with a leasing option creates an unbelievable opportunity for qualifying homeowners who are customers of CL&P and UI. If you qualify, this program helps you add solar energy to your home at the lowest possible cost. Qualification is based on where you live and your annual gross income. For Fairfield, the AGI limits are $162,000 for a family of 4. For Westport the AGI limit is $235,600 for a family of 4. Click here to see if you qualify.
What the program really does is reduce your monthly utility costs. You save money and the planet at the same time. Trinity Solar, my solar installer of choice for the program, came to my house to do an evaluation. The goal was to see if my home had solar potential.
Ken Nastri took me through the evaluation process and the results were shocking to say the least. It was not shocked to hear that a few trees would have to come down around my place before solar was practical. The real slap in the face was the total cost of my electric bill over the next 20 years.
Using my current annual electric usage and the assumption that electric rates will continue to grow at the rate of 8% per year, my total electric utility costs for the 20 year period would be $157,275.00. I felt sick to my stomach once I saw that number. That is just my electric bill!!!!!!! Yikes.
The good news was that with the removal of a few trees and the CT Solar Lease program I could save $47,345.00 over that 20 year period. In addition to the dollar savings I would be reducing my CO2 consumption by 15,510 lbs. and conserving 5,598 gallons of water. All of this has the same effect on the planet as planting 776 trees. Who new?
Unfortunately the trees that need to be removed to make my home solar friendly are on my neighbor’s property. I have a good relationship with them so we’ll see how eco-neighborly they are feeling. The end result…Solar or not, I have to reduce my energy consumption. My next step is a home weatherization audit through the HES program. More to come…..
Ken Nastri took me through the evaluation process and the results were shocking to say the least. It was not shocked to hear that a few trees would have to come down around my place before solar was practical. The real slap in the face was the total cost of my electric bill over the next 20 years.
Using my current annual electric usage and the assumption that electric rates will continue to grow at the rate of 8% per year, my total electric utility costs for the 20 year period would be $157,275.00. I felt sick to my stomach once I saw that number. That is just my electric bill!!!!!!! Yikes.
The good news was that with the removal of a few trees and the CT Solar Lease program I could save $47,345.00 over that 20 year period. In addition to the dollar savings I would be reducing my CO2 consumption by 15,510 lbs. and conserving 5,598 gallons of water. All of this has the same effect on the planet as planting 776 trees. Who new?
Unfortunately the trees that need to be removed to make my home solar friendly are on my neighbor’s property. I have a good relationship with them so we’ll see how eco-neighborly they are feeling. The end result…Solar or not, I have to reduce my energy consumption. My next step is a home weatherization audit through the HES program. More to come…..
If you want to know more about the program or have me arrange for a consultation at your home by Trinity Solar (authorized provider for the CT Solar Lease progam) email me at http://www.AskJeff@prudentialct.com
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