Community Solar FAQ

Solar com­mu­ni­ties are groups of solar pan­els kept at one loca­tion. They offer mem­bers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to invest in solar ener­gy with­out the cost, has­sle,… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What is com­mu­ni­ty solar?

Mem­bers sub­scribe to the out­put from YEC’s com­mu­ni­ty solar site for a 20-year peri­od, choos­ing the num­ber of kilo­watt (kW) units for their sub­scrip­tion. One… Con­tin­ue Read­ing How does com­mu­ni­ty solar work?

Any YEC mem­ber in good stand­ing may par­tic­i­pate in the Com­mu­ni­ty Solar pro­gram on a first come, first served basis. This excludes res­i­den­tial net meter­ing… Con­tin­ue Read­ing Who can par­tic­i­pate?

Mem­bers are sub­scrib­ing to the ener­gy pro­duced by the solar farm in rela­tion to the num­ber of kW units to which they sub­scribe.

The over­all pro­gram term is 20 years. The min­i­mum term par­tic­i­pa­tion is 2 years, and requires a 30-day notice of can­cel­la­tion.

A mem­ber must sub­scribe to at least 1 kW unit, but can­not sub­scribe to more than 5 kW units.

YEC’s com­mu­ni­ty solar array pro­duces approx­i­mate­ly 50 kW per month, which is rough­ly equiv­a­lent to the ener­gy used by 7 aver­age homes in YEC’s ser­vice… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What is the aver­age pro­duc­tion per year?

While the cost of installing solar pan­els on a home varies great­ly from house to house, YEC has attempt­ed to keep the Com­mu­ni­ty Solar pric­ing… Con­tin­ue Read­ing How does the cost of com­mu­ni­ty solar com­pare to the instal­la­tion of solar pan­els on my house?

YEC will use tax cred­its asso­ci­at­ed with the Com­mu­ni­ty Solar pro­gram which are fig­ured into the pro­gram’s pric­ing.

If the com­mu­ni­ty solar arrays are dam­aged dur­ing a storm, mem­bers will receive a pro­por­tion­ate share of the ener­gy pro­duced by any non-dam­aged pan­els while… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What if a storm dam­ages the com­mu­ni­ty solar equip­ment?

If a Com­mu­ni­ty Solar mem­ber moves from one home served by YEC to anoth­er home served by YEC, the solar ener­gy sub­scrip­tion moves with the… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What hap­pens if I move?