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Shining New Year: Solar through the power of community

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As we ring in the New Year, YEC’s com­mu­ni­ty solar pro­gram is shin­ing brighter. It has become more com­pelling since our Lesslie Com­mu­ni­ty Solar Farm began ener­gy pro­duc­tion in Sep­tem­ber of 2016. The mod­el has rapid­ly cap­tured mem­bers’ inter­est to the lev­el that we now have a wait­ing list which con­tin­ues to increase month­ly.

YEC Community Solar

We have worked dili­gent­ly to find a viable site to build a sec­ond farm to meet your needs. I’m excit­ed to announce our efforts will come to fruition this spring. The 180 kilo­watt (kW) East York com­mu­ni­ty solar farm will be con­struct­ed in the East York Indus­tri­al Park locat­ed off Park Place Road in York just south of Amer­i­can Eagle Wheel. We project the farm will be built by April depend­ing upon the per­mit­ting process and weath­er con­di­tions.

Invest­ing in clean, renew­able ener­gy is impor­tant as we grow into the future, and com­mu­ni­ty solar farms offer mem­bers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to invest in solar ener­gy with­out the cost, has­sle, and instal­la­tion of solar equip­ment on their home. We see this not only as an invest­ment in the future of ener­gy, but as a way to accom­mo­date the needs and expec­ta­tions of our mem­ber­ship.

Mem­bers can par­tic­i­pate for as low as $130 to start the pro­gram. Month­ly billing will fol­low the ini­tial fees at the rate of $12 per KW sub­scrip­tion. Sub­se­quent­ly, par­tic­i­pat­ing mem­bers will receive a solar cred­it on their bill at the rate of 10 cents per kilo­watt hour (kWh), which will be based upon the amount of ener­gy the farm pro­duces pro­por­tion­al to their kW sub­scrip­tion.

Our num­ber one goal at YEC is to look out for you and to con­tin­ue to serve you well. Our indus­try is chang­ing and so are your needs. We’re not con­tent to only deliv­er pow­er. We also want to be a reli­able resource in oth­er ways, help­ing you make informed deci­sions regard­ing ener­gy-relat­ed deci­sions. In order to do so, we lis­ten to your needs; which improves our under­stand­ing, builds trust, strength­ens our rela­tion­ship and fos­ters coop­er­a­tion.

Paul Basha, YEC President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer

Learn more about com­mu­ni­ty solar or oth­er pro­grams we offer, or call (803) 684‑4248. Also, if you are con­sid­er­ing installing solar pan­els, please con­tact us so we can give you the facts about solar and rec­om­mend a rep­utable deal­er.

We are here for you!

Paul Basha

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer

Asplund­h’s crews clear­ing rights of way helps YEC pro­vide safe and reli­able elec­tric ser­vice. Pho­to: Oliv­er Dow­dle

Staying Trim

YEC’s right-of-way (ROW) main­te­nance pro­gram helps to reduce out­ages that can occur in rain, snow or any oth­er weath­er. Tree trim­ming helps us clear space around pow­er lines, pro­tect­ing them from tree limbs and under­brush that can lead to downed lines. Keep­ing the wilder­ness back takes con­stant atten­tion, but it helps keep the pow­er on for you and our line­men safe. See a detailed map of the ROW sched­ule planned for the first quar­ter in the Big­gers Branch sub­sta­tion area. Ques­tions? Call (803) 684‑4248.
Relat­ed Top­ics:
Com­mu­ni­ty Solar
Right-of-Way Sched­ule

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