SunShare Preparing for Second Community Solar Garden
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — More solar power is coming to Southern Colorado. SunShare is just weeks away from turning on the power to its second community solar garden location.
By Abbie Burke
The new garden is at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Widefield and will feature 2,500 solar panels. SunShare already has a sold out community solar garden at Venetucci Farms.
Colorado Springs Utilities was the first municipal utility in the country to create a community solar garden program with the Venetucci Solar Garden being the first,” David Amster-Olszewski, President of SunShare, said.
Amster-Olszewski said there are now 14 states with community solar gardens.
“So what started here in Colorado Springs is starting to open up to different communities around the country and it’s really turning into a popular way for people to go solar, without the panels on their roof and without the long term maintenance of taking care of those panels,” he said.
Customers of CSU can lease the panels and receive energy credits on their utility bill. MORE …
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Tags: Colorado residential solar • community solar gardens • SunShare
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Though a small step and almost over 16 years into the die-off of our forests, this effort should be applauded ...
The best ballot initiative is one that will ban initiatives. Otherwise what is the point of electing legislators. 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
Tri-State Board Policy 117 limits member co-op generation to 5%.
LPEA has asked them to lift that for community solar gardens.
https://www.lpea.coop/pdf/board_meeting/resolutions/2012/201213_tristate_policy_117.pdf 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...