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How will PV supplement my electric usage?

Attached is our updated spreadsheet allowing you to quickly get a sense of how much of your electricity usage could be supplemented by varying sizes of PV systems.   Not only will this chart give you estimates on the amount of electricity that a PV system could...

Massachusetts Residential Electricity Prices

Attached is a graph showing the trend in average electricity prices (cents per kWh) in Massachusetts since 1990. The average annual price increase is 2.26% each year however some years have experienced volatile price swings with the greatest price increase happening...

Updated Clean Energy Stats

Here is the PDF link to the updated version of our “Clean Energy Stats” analysis. This analysis covers the average yearly electricity output from a nominal 1 kW solar PV system  for the last ten years including  2012 reports and then calculates the environmental...

June Rain Affects PV Generation

Here are the results of our June kWh analysis for the past five years from a representative sample of our customers in western MA.  Note the trend in electricity production versus rainfall amounts. As expected, the two are directly related. With this past June being ...

July 16th Legislative Hearing

The  Massachusetts legislative hearing on a wide variety of renewable Energy Bills was held on Tuesday at the Statehouse  before the Joint  Committee on Telecommunications , Utilities and Energy, chaired by Senator Ben Downing and Representative . John Keenan.  Both...

Solar PPA & Lease Guidance

Aggressive internet advertising and sales people are pushing  Solar leases and Power Purchase agreements for residential customers. These are often  teased as “no money down”  offers and in Massachusetts some programs sponsored by the state include this...