Clean Energy Home of the Month
April Focus: Home Solar
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Clean Energy Tour feedback, 2023
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Home solar panels are a great way to adopt renewable energy and to save money on electricity.
Unlike our 2024 solar home tour, which looked at an amazing house with ground-mount panels and four solar batteries, where the home drew very little electricity from the grid and put none into the grid; this year, for 2025, we are featuring a much simpler and “everyday” solar project, where the energy from the solar panels feeds into the grid and the homeowners receive net metering credits from Eversource. Your hosts are very happy with this more traditional system. Along with explaining the equipment, the homeowners will outline their selection process, the resources that helped them, and the expense of the project. They will also share data from two years’ worth of solar generation/net metering credits and explain the impact of the net metering on their monthly bills and their payback timeline.
In addition, you will receive an update on incentives as of mid-April 2025. Massachusetts net metering makes solar rooftop panels attractive, even aside from federal tax rebates. However, EnergizeActon.org will share the latest info on the federal context, where homeowner solar tax credits remain in effect as of this writing. (Red states have benefitted greatly from solar installations on all levels--private, municipal, and state--so reducing the incentives does have real political consequences.)
As solar owners will comment, it is a real delight to get multiple electricity bills where your balance is an extraordinary . . . $0.00!
There will be two 1-hour sessions to see the house at 11am and 1pm.
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April Home Equipment:
Rooftop Solar PV (2022) – 18 panels
Ground Mount Solar RV (2008) – 16 panels
Kia EV6 Electric Vehicle (2023)
Home Level 2 charger/ChargePoint (2023)
More Clean Energy Home Tours are on the way!
Saturday, May 10th, will feature an historic home with heat pumps and solar.
Saturday, June 15th, will be a double head with two neighbors whose systems do not use fossil fuels.
EnergizeActon.org is co-sponsored by the Acton Climate Coalition and the Town of Acton Sustainability Office.
Do you have ideas or a talent you would like to contribute? Please contact us at EnergizeActon.org@gmail.com. The Energize Acton team meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays on each month.