Ampion renewable energy was selected as the Community Solar Administrator for the Erie County Low Income Program for Sustainable Energy (Eclipse), a new program that offers electricity savings to residents with low to moderate income from Erie County, New York. Together with Erie County, Ampion will offer eligible residents of electricity savings through community zoning.
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“There are currently more than 80,000 households with low to moderate income in Erie County who can benefit from this program. We encourage residents to take advantage of this opportunity,” said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz. “Eclipse Community Solar can be linked to other programs such as Home Energy Assistance Program (SEAP) and Empower+ to ensure that households can pay for their energy bills.”
The program is available for all homeowners of Erie County and tenants who benefit from federal or state aid programs, including HEAP, affordable connectivity program, medicaid, additional food utility or temporary help for needy families.
“Community Solar makes renewable energy and savings available for customers of electric utilities without installations or costs in advance,” said Brian Buzby, Community Partnerships Executive at Ampion. “Via Eclipse, Erie County and Ampion make it easier for residents of low incomes to support solar energy and at the same time save money. Our goal is to make the registration process as simple as possible. The only thing you need is a copy of your current electricity bill and proof that you are benefiting from a government assistance program.”
In addition to providing meaningful cost savings to disadvantaged households, this partnership will expand the amount of solar energy that is available in the Upstate New York in the National Grid and New York State Electric and Gas (Nyseg) service providers.
Ampion recently announced that it has saved subscribers more than $ 42 million in electricity costs through Community -Zonne -Zon. These savings were possible due to the production of clean energy from the Ampion management portfolio of more than 1.5 GW of community projects for community zones.
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