Burlington Free Press: Community solar focuses on community

Community solar focuses on community

One of the immeasurable values of living in Vermont is the strength of our communities. Having lived in Jericho for 37 years I’ve seen this town evolve and have loved becoming more connected to those that live around me, witnessing how our families show up for one another at big moments and small. We now have a new opportunity to strengthen our community together in shared, group solar arrays.

A community solar array focuses on just that: community. The goal is to provide clean, green solar energy to people that otherwise aren’t able to go solar. Where to put such an array? My backyard.

I am the proud host of a community solar array, which means my neighbors can join and access the solar hosted on my land. I think of that word community again and realize that through this addition to our town I’m meeting and helping folks that I may not have previously met access abundant clean energy from the sun. Through this new solar array we’re safely repowering our state toward a better future and helping our human community and the interconnected community of all life on earth.

EVERGREEN ERB

Jericho