Ogunquit, Maine– access Community Solar farms
Ampion connects people in Ogunquit, Maine with Community Solar gardens, enabling residents to help the environment while saving money!
With no upfront costs and nothing to install, joining a Community Solar farm in Ogunquit, ME is the easiest way to help the environment by using clean, climate-friendly energy to power communities like yours.
Read on to learn how you can lower your electric bill, help the planet, and energize your community by accessing clean, renewable energy.
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Community Solar– From the solar farm to the power grid to Ogunquit, Maine
Solar farms in the Ogunquit, ME area generate electricity from sunlight and send it to the utility grid where it becomes part of the overall power supply. Homes and businesses in Ogunquit and surrounding communities receive electricity like they always have, only now it’s a little greener.
Solar energy credits or kWh reductions are applied to your energy bill monthly
Ampion members are matched with a local solar farm in the Ogunquit area and assigned a portion of the energy it produces. Depending on the program, that “share” of energy comes back to members on their utility bill in the form of either renewable energy credits or kWh reductions — reducing or even completely offsetting electricity costs!
You get the credits or kWh reductions at a 15% discount
Each month you’ll be billed by Ampion at a discounted rate for every dollar of credit or kWh reduction received on your utility bill, based on your solar energy allocation. In Maine, the discount is 15%. Think of this as every dollar of credit only costing you 85 cents. So you pay Ampion less than what you’d pay your utility! 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 Ogunquit, Maine!
Accessing Community Solar– Ogunquit, Maine
Community Solar became an option for Ogunquit residents and businesses with the recent passage of several state laws. In 2019, Maine became the 21st state to pass Community Solar legislation that encourages development of these renewable energy projects. The laws aim to significantly increase access to Community Solar and other renewables for businesses and residents, regardless of the type of building or home they’re in.
In 2019, Ogunquit joined the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission’s Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program.
Ogunquit takes sustainability seriously. The town’s Sustainability Committee meets regularly to keep their agenda forward and keep the environment top of mind in the town’s operations. The committee maintains a helpful website, called Sustainability Ogunquit. It’s a useful resource for residents and others in southern Maine to stay informed about important environmental issues that affect us all.
Around the time the Community Solar laws were passed In 2019, Ogunquit chose to participate in the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission’s Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program.
Ogunquit got together with a few neighboring towns, including York, Wells, Kittery, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport to help each other with sustainability and resiliency initiatives.
This program, targeting coastal southern Maine, is a two-year pilot to identify climate change issues common to the group, and report on progress of the towns’ sustainability initiatives. Ogunquit and the other towns in the program support each other as they incorporate sustainability into the operations of the communities, and coordinate strategies to do something positive about climate change. We’re big fans of this type of collaboration!
At Ampion, we work closely with municipalities, companies, and individuals across Maine and other states to increase the adoption of renewable energy. It’s exciting to see this type of municipal cooperation in Ogunquit as the town looks to improve community sustainability. We applaud efforts like this in southern Maine and other places to take positive steps in addressing climate change.
At Ampion, we work closely with communities across Maine and other states to increase adoption of renewable energy. It’s exciting to see this type of municipal cooperation in an effort to improve community sustainability. We applaud efforts like this in Ogunquit and other places to take positive steps in addressing climate change.
To learn more about Community Solar in Maine, be sure to check out the Maine Public Utilities Commission website (PUC for short). It’s got a nice summary of the programs, with links to more information for those who feel ambitious. The Net Energy Billing page summarizes the high level requirements of the program, and links to the list of program participants who are registered with the PUC (including Ampion!) to make the program run.
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