CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company that empowers people and businesses to cut emissions and live cleaner lives, and Hartz Solar, a developer, and owner of over 40 MW of solar assets in the Mid-Atlantic, have opened 1.9 MW of new community solar for Maryland residents serviced by Baltimore Gas & Electric. The new community solar facility will subscribe more than 200 residents; allowing people to save money on their utility bills while supporting regional solar growth.
“Maryland residents can now save up to 10% on their utility bills while supporting regional solar growth,” said CleanChoice founder and CEO, Tom Matzzie. “Our goal is to make supporting renewable energy as easy as possible. With community solar, almost everyone with a utility bill can access the benefits of solar.”
CleanChoice launched its community solar program in Maryland last year. The CleanChoice Energy community solar platform connects people to regional community solar projects, allowing residents and businesses to sign up to support local solar in minutes. Customers can see five to 10% savings on their utility bills with no setup fees, installation or large upfront investments.
For more information visit: cleanchoiceenergy.com/solarhartz
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Kevin Kriescher says
Great! People must be reminded that solar farming is not a threat to agriculture; one captures solar energy and the other captures CO2 and solar energy. As a member of the Sierra Club I have worked with others in Greater Baltimore, MD on legislation requiring that once the voltage at any site is zero (production has stopped), all hardware – basically pillars, panels, wires above/below ground, fences, and transformers (basically metal) – be removed within a fixed period of time, leaving the ground as it was when found. There is no long term damage to the ecosystem. In a manner of speaking, solar farms protect land from being developed by industries that leave more permanent scars on the planet (e.g. ridiculously large housing/parking projects). Hopefully the long term trend is a migration of solar farming from wild areas (which are better wild) to heat islands or urban areas, which are more than capable of powering themselves, considering the ways that photovoltaics are evolving.