For the Interior homeowners who want to switch to solar energy, a local initiative is looking for solutions to cut costs when making the switch. A community-led program, Solarize Fairbanks, makes solar more affordable by stacking up group discounts, purchasing solar systems in bulk and looking for federal and local financial incentives. When Bob and Sharon Baker approached Solarize Fairbanks, they had been âwanting to learn about solar power for quite a long time.â âWith the incentives from the group discount and the federal tax credit still available, it was now or never, so we took the plunge,â Bob said.