WCAX-TV – Solar company celebrates first year (video)

"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...

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Montpelier Times Argus – SunCommon Celebrates 1st Anniversary

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...

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Associated Press (AP) – Vermont home solar company touts accomplishments

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...

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Burlington Free Press — Pop-up galleries: A growing trend in Burlington’s arts scene

...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...

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Featured Solar Homeowners: Shannon and Melissa Haggett

In the Spring of 2012, Shannon and Melissa Haggett saw the story of SunCommon launching on WCAX and were intrigued by the idea of going solar with no upfront cost. Shannon hopped onto his computer, went to our website,...

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Waterbury Record — LEAPing to the top: Towns recognized for doubling solar capacity

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...

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WPTZ-TV: Waterbury and Duxbury double home solar panels in a year

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...

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FREE PRESS: Waterbury embraces solar in bid to be the greenest

Solar generating capacity in Waterbury and Duxbury has been doubled over the last 11 months... A key partner that made the solar transition possible for Plagge was SunCommon, a Waterbury-based private organization that facilitates residential installations and helps makes...

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St. Albans Messenger: SunCommon helping families and farms in NW Vermont go solar

  The St. Albans Messenger covered SunCommon's program launch for Franklin and Grand Isle Counties on February 25th. Click on the article image to read the full story.

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Addison Eagle: Solar Energy Firm Installs 1000th Panel

  Waterbury-based solar-panel installer SunCommon, marked a milestone last week. The company installed its 1,000th photovoltaic panel. According to spokeswoman Andrea Ochs, the firm—which is active locally—plans to install number 1,005 in Addison County. “I’ve spoken with dozens of Addison County residents...

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