Larry, et al, The State of Maryland is working on legislation to enable such "virtual" net metering arrangements but it is not here yet. It is a wonderful idea as you can imagine new sub-divisions being built with one lot set aside for a large array for the community.
We set up a group of local investor/folks to do a PPA on a local community church in University Park, Maryland. The investors all contributed from $2k to $5k to pay for the system and will get a return on their investment over the next few years of hopefully more than 5%. This was the only way for the folks to have solar PV in their neighborhood as their houses generally had trees and slate roofs. Check out their website: http://www.universityparksolar.com/ Lee Bristol NABCEP Certified Solar Designer/Installer Co-Founder & Commercial Channel Manager Standard Solar Inc. 1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 300 Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 944-5105 Direct (240) 479-1510 Cell (301) 944-1202 Fax [email protected] On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Larry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > wrenches. > > I have had several inquires into this possible scenario. anybody have any > experience doing this with their local utility? > > several families in a neighborhood or community invest together to put up a > solar array either on an existing building that has excellent solar access > or a ground mount that also has a wide solar window. the system is set up > so that it is configured into sub arrays with each sub array having an > inverter and a kwh meter that records the output of that sub array. each of > the sub arrays is designated (by agreement and the proper paper work) to a > particular family based on how much they invested into the system. the > output of the whole system is then grid tied and all of the kwh go directly > to the utility. it is then just a matter of accounting in that each of the > sub arrays kwh's produced is deducted from the kwh's used by that particular > customer on their home or business utility bill. So the customer either has > a credit that is carried over or has a balance owed that appears on the next > utility bill. > > The design and installation is straight forward and in one centralized local > location. > It is only a matter of paper work and accounting. > And it builds community and neighbors get to know each other > Much like Community Supported Agriculture > > Larry Brown > Sun Mountain > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > -- Lee Bristol NABCEP Certified Solar Designer/Installer Co-Founder & Commercial Channel Manager Standard Solar, Inc. 1355 Piccard Drive, #300 Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 944-5105 (240) 479-1510 (c) www.standardsolar.com
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