Solar United Neighbors is signing up members for its third annual co-op in Tucson.
David Wichner Tucson-area homeowners can get help buying rooftop solar systems from a nonprofit that sets up buyers’ cooperatives to make sure consumers get a fair deal.
Consumer advocates say prospective solar buyers need to do their homework to make sure a deal makes sense, while some solar marketers have been hit with consumer-protection lawsuits for allegedly deceptive sales pitches and high-pressure sales tactics. Based in Washington, D.C, Solar United Neighbors was founded in 2007 and has hosted co-ops in a dozen states and Puerto Rico, helping nearly 8,000 homes and small businesses install solar.
A second co-op launched in 2021 that stretched into 2022 attracted 166 participants, resulting in 50 installs and more than $1 million invested, with projected 25-year savings of nearly $2 million. Marjorie and Michael Blaine joined the most recent Tucson co-op last year and decided to buy a 9.8-kilowatt photovoltaic system for their Foothills home through Tucson-based Technicians for Sustainability, which won bids for both of the earlier local co-ops.
She said with federal and state tax credits, the couple is expecting the system to pay back its cost in savings in about eight years — perhaps sooner as Tucson Electric Power rates go up.
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