Ellsworth, Maine– access Community Solar farms

Ampion connects people in Ellsworth, Maine to Community Solar farms, enabling residents to help the environment and save money!

There are no upfront costs and nothing to install. Joining a Community Solar farm in Ellsworth, ME is the easiest way to help the environment by enabling more clean energy to power communities like yours. In fact, Ampion is connecting Ellsworth residents and businesses to several Community Solar farms in and around Ellsworth:

Nicolin Rd solar farm– 175 Nicolin Rd, Ellsworth, ME

Union St solar farm– 1801 Union St, Bangor, ME

Brewer Lake solar farm– Brewer Lake Rd, Orrington, ME

Read on to learn how you can lower your electric bill, help the planet and energize your community by supporting clean, renewable energy in your area.

Community Solar serving Ellsworth, Maine

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Community Solar– From the solar farm to the power grid to Ellsworth, Maine

Solar farms in Ellsworth, ME and in the Ellsworth area generate electricity from the sun and send it to the utility grid, contributing clean energy to the power supply. Homes and businesses in Ellsworth and surrounding communities receive electricity like they always have, only now it’s a little greener.

Ellsworth Residents Save with Community Solar

Ampion members are matched to a local solar farm in the Ellsworth area and are assigned to a share of the energy it produces based on their average electricity usage. Depending on your utility, that “share” of energy comes back to Ampion members in the form of Community Solar credits or kilowatt hour (kWh) reductions on their electric bills. This reduces or even completely offsets what you owe to your utility!

SAVE 15% ON YOUR COMMUNITY SOLAR CREDITS OR KWH REDUCTIONS

In Maine, the discount for Community Solar is 15%. If you’re a Versant customer, Ampion will bill you at a discounted rate for every kilowatt hour (kWh) applied to your utility bill, based on the electricity generated by your portion of the Community Solar farm. In other words, you pay Ampion 15% less per kWh than what you’d pay your utility! If you’re a CMP customer, you’ll receive dollar credits for the clean energy generated by your share of the solar farm, and you’ll pay for those credits at $0.85 on the dollar. This is where the savings come in! And those savings add up, resulting in more affordable energy for you and a more sustainable community for Ellsworth, Maine.

Accessing Community Solar– Ellsworth, Maine

If you’re thinking Community Solar sounds too good to be true, you’re not alone! The truth is, it’s totally legitimate. The State of Maine set the laws to significantly increase access to Community Solar and other renewable energy sources for businesses and residents, regardless of the type of building, home or apartment they’re in. Community Solar is not just for Ellsworth residents and businesses. Community Solar became an option for all Mainers with the passage of “Net Energy Billing” legislation in 2019. Maine became the 21st state to pass Community Solar legislation that encourages development of these renewable energy projects. With Community Solar, even renters can participate in the clean energy transition.

The City of Ellsworth has been leading the charge in sustainability for years. But in 2021, Green Ellsworth released a plan to guide the City of Ellsworth towards a more sustainable future for the next 10 years. Green Ellsworth is a group of Ellsworth residents supporting initiatives for sustainable change. The Ellsworth Green Plan is in full effect, and makes the City of Ellsworth, Maine a model green community.

At Ampion, we work closely with communities and businesses across Maine and other states to increase renewable energy locally and help them save money. We can confidently say that Community Solar in Ellsworth is catching on – and for good reason! Who can turn down electricity savings in 2023?

To learn more about how and why Community Solar was adopted in Maine, be sure to check out the Maine Public Utilities Commission website (PUC for short). The Net Energy Billing page summarizes the requirements of the program, and links to the list of program participants who are registered with the PUC (including Ampion!).

Lower your Utility Bill, Help the Planet, Energize your Community

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Have more questions?

For most people, Community Solar is a new idea. And it can be confusing. We commend your willingness to dig in and learn! Explore our list of answers to common questions that come up as people learn about Community Solar.