BARRE TOWN — SunCommon celebrated its 1,000th solar home installation Tuesday. The company, based in Waterbury Center, helps Vermont property owners who want to install solar energy systems on their homes but may not have been able to afford it in the past. SunCommon has people on staff who can design the system, set up the installation and offer financing so the homeowner can pay for it in monthly installments. They can also elect to pay for the system upfront.
A typical home solar installation costs about $25,000, and 30 percent of that can be covered by the federal government. When it opened for business in March 2012, SunCommon operated only in Washington and Chittenden counties. It has since expanded to five other counties, including Rutland and Orange.
According to the company, it has created close to 100 jobs, installed almost 20,000 solar panels and saved families more than $14 million in utility costs over the warranted life of their solar systems.
James Moore, a co-founder of SunCommon, said the company was created “from the belief that everyone deserves a healthy planet and a safer world. Really clean energy is where that begins.” He said the mission of the company is to dramatically increase the amount of solar use in the state. Moore said the company, by saving Vermonters $14 million, has also been able to give a shot in the arm to the Vermont economy.
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