Oct
09
2013
[This article describes the decision by three Vermont utilities to prevent more of their customers going solar. No, really. Rest assured that we at SunCommon will fight so that all Vermonters have the right to go solar and together...
May
03
2013
SunCommon of Waterbury celebrated its one-year anniversary at the home of Liberty Street resident Johannes Otter (left) Monday. Speakers included (left to right) SunCommon copresident Duane Peterson, Central Vermont Economic Development chairman Peter Hood, Governor Peter Shumlin, Peck Electric...
May
02
2013
Elected officials, economic development representatives and staff of SunCommon gathered at the Otter home in Montpelier to celebrate the Waterbury-based solar company’s first birthday. In its first year, SunCommon installed 248 residential solar systems, making it the largest residential...
May
01
2013
A state rebate program to encourage residents to go solar has helped to install 775 small-scale solar electricity systems since 2006, but the state’s largest residential solar company fears a reduction in funding could curtail that growth by making the investment...
Apr
30
2013
"It's our goal to bolt this stuff on your roof at no up front cost, essentially installing for free, and then the monthly cost -- you essentially shift your payment from your electricity from the utility to a financing...
Apr
30
2013
SunCommon, which has installed 248 residential solar systems in Vermont in the last year, and Gov. Peter Shumlin urged the Legislature on Monday to continue to fund the program. “This is not time to pull back on an extraordinary...
Apr
29
2013
The company, which employs 53 people, hopes to install 500 more systems on homes and businesses this year. Its model is to make solar power accessible by installing small-scale systems with no upfront costs to the homeowners.
A homeowner pays a...
Mar
31
2013
...An art show that used the Cherry Street pop-up gallery was organized last summer by SunCommon, a Waterbury-based organization that helps people convert their homes to solar energy. Since its founding a year ago, SunCommon has helped facilitate solar...
Mar
14
2013
Rev. Peter Plagge and Erin Mooney opened up their Winooski Street home for a sort of party Monday morning. Gov. Peter Shumlin, several state representatives and a scrum of local and state media all attended, as did the figurative...
Mar
12
2013
Peter Plagge recently installed solar panels on his family's Waterbury home. "I like to go on my computer and look at the little graph readout of the electricity that we produce," said Plagge. He says the company Suncommon offered the...