Eric's Story
With a Sunrun power purchase agreement, Eric and his wife were able to harness the power of the sun to cool their home.
For Eric and his wife, the sun was the problem and the solution. Their home in Santa Clara, California was old, in direct sunlight, and ultimately very hot – “worse than hot,” according to Eric. They were reluctant to purchase an air conditioner – worried that running the AC would raise their electricity bills too much. “It seemed wrong to buy an AC and pay to run it in the hottest part of the day,” Eric explained.
But the sun that made their home a sauna could also power their home, Eric figured. So, Eric and his wife started looking into home solar options. Not only did Eric see his Santa Clara solar panels as powering and offsetting the air conditioner, but as a full-time bike commuter, Eric felt they would be “another good, environmentally conscious thing to do.”
He struck up a conversation with 1BOG, a community solar purchasing program that had partnered with Sunrun, and through them heard about the Sunrun solar power service. He also spoke with GroSolar, Sunrun’s Santa Clara PV installation company. While he had always wanted to go solar, the high upfront cost had kept his dream at bay. But with Sunrun, there was no cash necessary upfront. For Eric and others like him in sunny Santa Clara, solar was finally the solution.
"It made sense that we would look into solar panels, which make the most energy when you need the AC the most – when it’s super sunny and hot. I probably wouldn't have done it without Sunrun."
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