Environment & Energy

One commercial entity, Nexamp, sells solar credits at 10% off what the utility charges. (The utility reports usage to Nexamp, any “credits” the “customer’s" panels have rung up are applied to the bill. Then Nexamp charges for the credits at a 10% discount.)

A non-profit entity, Joe-4-Sun (a division of Citizens Energy) has a similar program, offering up to a 20% discount. In theory it is for folks with low incomes, but, really, all you need to qualify is a meter from the local utility.

Although I could pay less with Joe-4-Sun I choose to go with Nexamp. For one thing, Nexamp is plowing their profits into building more farms (expanding much faster than Joe-4-Sun and I want to see “community solar” expand quickly) but, also, I like to think I’m reserving the greater savings for people who need financial assistance with their electric bill worse than I do.