Tag: sunrun
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Florida votes to allow Sunrun solar system leases
Florida regulators unanimously voted to grant Sunrun’s Petition for Declaratory Statement regarding its solar lease product proposal. Until this vote, households in Florida were unable to lease solar systems. Leases are dropping in popularity, but are still a powerful option for driving residential solar adoption for homeowners looking to goRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Arizona Supreme Court saves solar lease customers from paying extra property taxes
Arizona residents with leased solar systems on their home should not have to pay state property taxes on that PV equipment, says the Arizona Supreme Court in a ruling on Friday. Stated by Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer in the opinion: “Because taxpayers do not operate electric generation facilities, (theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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NAACP launches year-long initiative to provide solar jobs, installs in communities of color
This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the NAACP kicked off a civil rights economic and environmental justice initiative to connect 30+ communities of color and low income communities across the nation with solar energy infrastructure for homes and community centers, as well as skills training for solar jobs, allRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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GTM: Sunrun tops SolarCity as lease sales leader, and more residential solar sales stats
2017 isn’t quite the banner year for solar that 2016 was. Aside from the trade case drama, it has also been a tumultuous year for the big names in the residential solar space. Three of the largest installers, including NRG Home Solar, Sungevity and Direct Energy Solar, have gone bankruptRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunrun, Comcast ink deal on new solar installation marketing campaign
One of the solar’s big barriers is just simple awareness by the public, which makes deals like the following interesting: Sunrun reached a 40-month agreement with Comcast to accelerate the adoption of solar energy. Sunrun will be the exclusive residential solar energy provider for Comcast Cable, and Comcast Cable willRead More — Solar Builder magazine