Seattle, WA – Solar
energy is currently powering hundreds of Seattle homes, and residents of
Capitol Hill, the Central District, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, and other
central and southeast Seattle neighborhoods are about to get a special
opportunity to add their rooftops to our city’s growing solar array. Through a
nonprofit-led program called Solarize Seattle, homes and small businesses can
qualify for special pricing and take advantage of many incentives that make
solar installations more affordable than ever.
Northwest Sustainable Energy for
Economic Development (Northwest SEED) and Seattle City Light are working with
several community groups to launch Solarize Seattle: Central/Southeast, a solar
energy education and installation program that starts today and runs through
October. The program will be co-led by a
community coalition of local volunteers, which will spearhead neighborhood
outreach. Supporting organizations include Sustainable Seattle, Sustainable
Capitol Hill, and Sustainable Central District.
The campaign features a group-buy
program that provides a streamlined process for residents and small businesses
to purchase solar systems for a discounted price. Participants learn how solar
works in Seattle, how it is installed, what tax and production incentives are
available to bring the price down, and how low-interest financing can spread
out the cost. The limited-time campaign
intends to install over 200 kilowatts of solar energy in central and southeast
Seattle by the end of 2013.
Through a
competitive bidding process, the Solarize Seattle: Central/Southeast Community
Coalition selected Puget Sound Solar and Artisan Electric as the project’s
solar installation team. These
contractors will offer solar systems at discounted rates to project
participants.
Solarize Seattle: Central/Southeast will
be the seventh campaign of Northwest SEED’s Solarize Washington program (www.solarizewa.org). Northwest SEED’s four campaigns
in Seattle have resulted in over 1 MW of solar added to the city’s electric
grid. To date, Solarize Washington
campaigns have educated over 1,750 people at public workshops, encouraged
nearly 300 residents to install solar on their homes, and injected more than $7.5
million into the local solar economy.
Registration for Solarize Seattle: Central/Southeast opens
Monday, July 8. Registration is open to
Seattle residents who live in the geographic area bordered by the Montlake cut
to the north, I-5 to the west, Lake Washington to the east, and the City of
Seattle boundary to the south. Free
educational workshops will be held on Jul. 23, Aug. 15, Aug. 27, and Sep. 18. For more information, visit www.solarizewa.org.
About Northwest SEED: Northwest
SEED is a non-profit organization that empowers community
scale clean energy through expert guidance that combines technical support,
community education and practical implementation. www.nwseed.org.
About Seattle
City Light: Seattle City Light is the 10th largest
public electric utility in the United States. It has some of the lowest cost
customer rates of any urban utility, providing reliable, renewable and
environmentally responsible power to nearly 1 million Seattle area residents.
City Light has been greenhouse gas neutral since 2005, the first electric
utility in the nation to achieve that distinction. www.seattle.gov/light.
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