Houston residents can now join a citywide “solar co-op.” The method allows residents to order solar panels as a part of a bulk purchase which reduces the price of both the panels and installation while also securing the lowest possible electricity rate.
“Bulk buy programs like this will help our city meet our energy transition goals and grow local investment in renewable and resilient energy,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a news conference April 21.
The city of Houston partnered with nonprofit Solar United Neighbors to facilitate the program. The organization serves as a liaison between homeowners who wish to join the co-op and solar panel companies looking for customers interested in discounts offered through a group order. Solar United Neighbors also vets companies for quality of service. Prospective members have until July 31, 2021 to join the citywide co-op. Anyone who joins is not obligated to purchase solar panels but maintains the ability to do so in the future
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Avondale, Bond Hill and Lower Price Hill are among the neighborhoods Solarize Cincy co-program managers Jennifer Zavon and Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson are targeting. Rocky Mountain Institute has helped us create an equity map so we can target our focus on neighborhoods that have not signed up for this cohort, says Hawkins-Johnson.
The cohort is a bulk-buying program for rooftop solar where residents can get a group discount. Solar United Neighbors is running it, and has scheduled a couple of online information sessions: April 29, May 5 and May 25. Here is a link to register.
Zavon and Hawkins-Johnson know solar can be expensive and say Clean Energy Credit Union has specific loans targeted for solar.
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FALL RIVER Local social justice leaders greeted Derek Chauvin’s murder convictions in the death of George Floyd with relief on Tuesday, but stressed that much work remains to erase the impact of police violence and systemic racism.
“Yesterday was a needed verdict, a good outcome,” said Andrea Sheppard-Lomba, Executive Director of United Interfaith Action of Southeastern MA. “However, it’s just one particular case and it took a tremendous amount of national and international attention and pressure and organizing to get to this one verdict.”
The former Minneapolis police officer s conviction on three counts in Floyd s murder may affect how local police engage with the community, several local activists said.
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