Solar System Financing For Residential Homeowners
Colorado Financing/Loans
Solar System Financing
If you are a Colorado homeowner, you can have a solar system installed on your roof for no upfront cost! SolarSaver is the only Colorado-based residential solar financing program for Colorado homeowners Lighthousesolar designs and installs your system. You pay for solar electricity at or below your current electrical bill. It's that easy!
Two options:
Power purchase agreement
Fix your electrical rate for the life of your system at or below your current utility rate. Pay only for the power your solar system produces!
or
Lease your system
Fix the cost of your solar energy payments!
Visit www.solarsavernow.com for more on how you can save money by going solar.
Boulder County Residents
Starting in February of 2009 Boulder County, Colorado residents will have access to low-cost financing through the Climate Smart Loan Program. Both energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements can be financed through the ClimateSmart Loan Program. This could include energy efficiency upgrades such as increased insulation, replacing inefficient heating and cooling systems, sealing air leakages, ground source heat pumps, and other measures. Renewable energy improvements could include photovoltaic, solar thermal, or wind energy systems. In the event the property owner sells the property the debt for the project will remain with the property rather than the individual property owner. Repayment of the ClimateSmart Loan Program loans is made through a property tax assessment on each individual property, and therefore the subsequent property owner will continue paying down the property's debt via property tax payments. Since the renewable energy and/or energy efficiency improvements will remain on the property and will presumably lower the energy usage reflected on utility bills, it is expected that there will be some offsetting benefits to the property owner for the assessment payments that are undertaken. Go here more information about the ClimateSmart Loan Program.
Roaring Fork Valley Residents
Roaring Fork Valley residents are eligible for zero-percent loans for solar photovoltaic systems and for solar hot water systems. Financing is facilitated through Aspen's Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE). CORE became a partner in the Million Solar Roofs program for Western Colorado in 2003. The Million Solar Roofs initiative supports the use of solar energy, a clean, affordable, renewable alternative to burning fossil fuels for power generation and heating. Go here more information about CORE zero-percent loans.
Texas Financing/Loans
Austin Area Residents
Austin Energy offers low-cost Solar Photovoltaic Loans to assist the purchase and installation of solar electric power systems. Loans are offered through Velocity Credit Union. This offer is available to Austin Energy residential customers with single-family residences. For more information about the solar loan program go to www.austinenergy.com
Velocity Credit Union loan application
Direct Solar Photovoltaics loans questions to
Austin Energy Customer Care Contact Center
512 482-5390
e-mail: custinfo@austinenergy.com
