• Home
• Is Solar for You?
• Solar Lease / PPA
• Sunrun Advantage
• Solar by State  
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Hawaii
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
    • Case Studies
    • Financing
    • Incentives
    • Installers
    • Utilities
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
• about sunrun

Susan's Story

Retired and on a fixed income, Susan wanted to save money and lock in low electricity rates.

A retired teacher, Susan spent most of her adult life in her current home in Whitman, Massachusetts. Over the years, Susan kept an eye on her utility bills and watched her National Grid utility bills climb steadily, much to her dismay. Her electric bills would only continue to increase, she realized, but her savings would not – retired, Susan was on a fixed income. She knew she had to “level the playing field” somehow.

Susan had a hunch that going solar in Whitman, MA would do just that. With a perfect south facing roof, the odds were good. She started her search on the Internet and signed up for a free solar consultation. She had nothing to lose, she figured, since it was a free assessment. She asked her brother, who used to work for National Grid, to look over the paperwork. He told her that switching to clean energy in with Sunrun was a “no-brainer.” “You can get a fixed rate for your electricity and get almost half – 46% - of your electricity from your panels,” he told her.

Susan immediately signed up for a power purchase agreement with Sunrun. What she likes best is that Sunrun takes care of all the services for her residential renewable energy system. She’s excited that Sunrun is monitoring her system closely and provides a money-back performance guarantee.

And as for that playing field? Susan was comparing her electricity bills before and after solar, for the same month, and noticed that she is already pulling 10kW less electricity from the utility. (And that’s including the addition of a new air conditioner, post going panels). 

Susan’s been so pleased with her panels that she’s already gotten a neighbor on board! Her home was the first solar home in her community, but thanks to her satisfaction with Sunrun, it’s no longer the only one.