Solar United Neighbors expands solar co-op to Tri-County Area

Trenton, NJ – Solar United Neighbors announced today the expansion of its first co-op program in the Garden State. The Tri-County Solar Co-op will replace the original Allentown Solar Co-op. Participants in the existing co-op will automatically be transferred into the new group, which will encompass homeowners in Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth Counties. The organization will host an information session May 22, at 7 p.m. at the Crosswicks Library (details below) to educate the public about solar energy and the co-op process.

“We have fielded several requests from homeowners unsure if they could participate in the existing co-op,” said Curt Macysyn, Solar United Neighbors of New Jersey Program Director. “ In order to remove any confusion, we decided to highlight the fact that our co-op seeks participants from across the entire central New Jersey region.”

Solar United Neighbors’ work began a decade ago with a group of neighbors who formed a solar co-op, or solar bulk purchase group, to make it easier for them to install solar on their homes. Today the group works in eight states and Washington, D.C. It helps thousands of people go solar every year through solar co-ops.

Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth County homeowners interested in joining the solar co-op can sign up at the co-op’s web page. The solar co-op is free to join and joining is not a commitment to purchase panels. Once the group is large enough, Solar United Neighbors will help the solar co-op solicit competitive bids from solar installers throughout the state.

Solar co-op participants will select a single company to complete all of the installations. They will then have the option to purchase panels individually based on the installer’s group rate. By going solar as a group and choosing a single installer, participants can save on the cost of going solar and have the support of others in the group and the solar experts at Solar United Neighbors.

Solar United Neighbors is actively seeking to grow more co-ops across the state. It has set up a web page where New Jersey homeowners interested in going solar can provide input on where the organization’s next co-op should launch.

For New Jersey homeowners who want to go solar on their own, Solar United Neighbors also offers a paid membership program. Members receive one-on-one, expert help every step of going solar. Members continue to receive support long after installation through a dedicated help desk that will answer questions regarding their system’s performance and provide help understanding emerging technologies and new incentives.

Information session details

Tuesday, May 22

7 p.m.

Crosswicks Library

438 Main Street

Crosswicks, NJ 08515