Home solar panels in Needham, MA
Welcome new SunRun home solar customers Tyson and Yasmine in Needham, MA. Their new home solar system was turned on in July, in time to help with high summer power bills. Check out the great photo that they submitted of the new solar panels on their home.
Here’s their story: Tyson and Yasmine moved a few years ago from Dallas, Texas to Needham, a suburb of Boston. Soon, they realized that they were paying over twice what they used to pay for power. Their new monthly power bills from NStar in Needham averaged almost $200.
It took them a long time to find a solution. They knew solar was an option, but they started initially looking at a solar hot water heater. While it was affordable, it didn’t seem like it would make much of a dent in their power bills. Solar panels would help reduce high power bills, but came at a high cost, almost $35,000.
Eventually, local Massachusetts solar installer groSolar pointed Tyson and Yasmine towards SunRun solar financing. The rest is history. They paid a few thousand dollars to get the panels installed, and will pay SunRun a low fixed rate for their electricity every month.
If they could, they would have shortened the time it took them to figure out a more affordable option for home solar panels, but asking the right questions and talking to a number of people eventually led them to a good solution. In Needham, SunRun works with two of Massachusetts’ most trusted solar installers, groSolar and Alteris Inc.
As Tyson says, “Energy prices in the Northeast are really expensive. Now we’re at a point where solar is economically viable. It’s a win-win for everyone: for me, for the local economy, and for solar in general.”
Solar Stats for Needham, MA:
- Residential solar installations in Needham are just under 1/4 of the state’s leading solar cities, Amherst and East Falmouth, MA.
- Tyson and Yasmine weren’t imagining things! MA residents pay 50% more for their power than the U.S. average.
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
The SunRun’s solar facility leasing program makes more than a perfect sense – you just can’t afford not to do it, especially if your monthly electrical bills hover @ ~$200+ as in my household, where I’m running a couple of refrigerators, lower level dehumidifier, central air, plus recessed lighting & forgetful kids with their computers on the whole day round.
And conceptually, to tap into 1,540 Peta kWH worldwide sun light energy with a pretty inconspicuous system that seats silently on the back roof, looks beautiful & cranks out somewhere between 20 kWH & 30 kWH every day – it just makes my day every day “nomatter what”.
I did prefer Alteris (vs. groSolar, which didn’t impress me @ all) for my 5.04 kW nominal PV system.
Wider step, SunRun!!!
Vadim,
Sounds great. I’m curious, what are the terms? I see the charging a 1.9% annual adjustor in AZ. What terms did you get?
Solar Power is so cool. it is clean and renewable energy. when the cost of solar panels goes down, i think every home should be owning a mini solar power station.
Ed,
I got a low, fixed rate for 18 years to come. The rate is ~70% of what I used to pay to the utility.
I plan to recover my investiment in ~3-4 years, achieving ~25%-33% ROI.
Thats appears to be a very nice setup, I’ve heard of countless benefits that come from going solar.
Thank you very much for providing this post.
{ 6 trackbacks }