The whole network
Every garden sits within 20 miles of the people it powers.
- Gardens
- 33
- Megawatts
- 118.6
- Households
- 22,418
From the San Luis Valley to the Kennebec River. Keep scrolling and the planet turns to each region.
ProducingBeing built
Community solar · Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, New York, MaineEst. 2018 · Boulder, CO
Sunlight,shared.
Subscribe to a solar garden in your county and pay 10% less for the same power. No panels on your roof. No roof needed, actually. Renters very welcome.
29 gardens producing · 4 being built · 22,418 households
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01 How it works
Three steps. Zero panels on your roof.
Community solar lets a whole county share one big array. You keep your utility, your meter and your account. We just make the bill smaller.
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We plant a garden near you.
We lease 15 to 40 acres of hard-to-farm ground within a mile of a substation in your county: old gravel pits, dry corners, a capped landfill in Pueblo. Then we plant about 10,000 panels, a sheep fence and a pollinator meadow.
A typical garden is 5 MW, enough for about 950 homes.
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You subscribe to a slice of it.
We size your share to your last 12 months of bills, usually 4 to 8 kilowatts. Joining is free. There's no credit check for income-qualified households, and you can leave with 60 days' notice.
Renters, condo owners, churches and corner shops all qualify.
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Your bill gets smaller. Every month.
The garden's power flows into the grid and your utility puts credits on your bill. We charge 90¢ for each $1 of credit. The other 10¢ is yours, every month, for as long as you subscribe.
Same utility, same meter, same lights. Smaller number.
Available to customers of participating utilities in six states. Your address decides which garden you join.
02 The map
33 gardens. Six states. One sun.
01 / 04 · Since 2019
Front Range Colorado
Where it started: a 4.8 MW garden on a retired gravel pit off Valmont Road.
- Gardens
- 14
- Megawatts
- 52.4
- Households
- 9,860
- Valmont FieldsBoulder4.8 MWProducing
- Platte BendWeld County5.0 MWProducing
- Fountain CreekPueblo5.0 MWProducing
- BijouFort Morgan4.0 MWBuilding
- San LuisAlamosa3.0 MWProducing
02 / 04 · Since 2024
Rio Grande New Mexico
Three hundred and ten days of sun a year, and 30% of shares held by income-qualified households.
- Gardens
- 6
- Megawatts
- 21.5
- Households
- 4,120
- Paseo del SolSouth Valley5.0 MWProducing
- Sandia MesaRio Rancho4.5 MWProducing
- MesillaLas Cruces5.0 MWProducing
- AcequiaEspañola2.0 MWBuilding
03 / 04 · Since 2020
Upper Midwest Minnesota & Illinois
Snow slides off the panels by noon. Winter credits are smaller, summer ones make up for it.
- Gardens
- 7
- Megawatts
- 27.1
- Households
- 5,230
- Cannon RiverNorthfield, MN1.0 MWProducing
- Kankakee SandsKankakee, IL4.9 MWProducing
- SangamonSpringfield, IL4.9 MWProducing
- Rock RiverRockford, IL4.9 MWBuilding
04 / 04 · Since 2022
Northeast New York & Maine
Gardens on old orchard ground in the Hudson Valley and a former paper-mill yard on the Kennebec.
- Gardens
- 6
- Megawatts
- 17.6
- Households
- 3,208
- Hudson LookoutKingston, NY5.0 MWProducing
- Mohawk FlatsSchenectady, NY4.2 MWProducing
- Seneca RiseGeneva, NY2.4 MWProducing
- KennebecAugusta, ME4.0 MWBuilding
03 Savings
What's 10% of your power bill?
Slide to your average monthly electric bill. We'll size a share to it and show what stays in your pocket.
You'd keep about
$120a year
- $3,230over 20 years, if rates rise 3% a year
- 5.6 kWyour share of the garden
- 4.0 tof CO₂ kept out of the sky each year
An estimate, not a quote. Assumes credits cover the energy part of your bill (about 85%); fixed charges stay with your utility. Credits follow the sun, so summer months carry more.
04 Since our first garden in 2019
Our impact so far
412,380
tonnes of CO₂ our subscribers kept out of the skyAbout the same as 97,000 cars parked for a year
The neighborhood is getting brighter.
Every dot is ten households. Yellow ones pay full price, green ones hold income-qualified shares.
22,418households on shared sun
- 118.6MW
- planted across 33 gardens in six states
- $8.9M
- kept by subscribers since 2019
- 38%
- of shares held by income-qualified households
- 1,140
- sheep on grazing contracts, keeping the grass down
“I rent a second-floor apartment on 28th Street. I don't own a roof. I have a solar garden anyway.”
05 For landowners
Your back forty, harvesting sun for 25 years.
Got flat, open ground near a power line? We lease it, build on it, insure it and take it all back out when we're done. Sheep keep grazing. You keep the land.
- Annual rent
- $1,100 to $1,600 per acre
- Term
- 25 years, plus two 5-year options
- Escalator
- 2% a year, paid every January
- We look for
- 15 to 40 acres, within 1 mile of three-phase lines
- At the end
- Panels out, soil restored, bond posted on day one
Request a land review
Or call Magda Ortiz, land partnerships
(555) 014-1907
“The sheep keep the grass down, the lease check comes every January, and I still get to call it the farm.”
06 Questions
What people ask us at the farmers market.
Still curious? Call (555) 014-3645, weekdays 8 to 6 Mountain. A person answers.
Do I need to own my home?
No. If you pay an electric bill to a participating utility in one of our six states, you can subscribe. About half of our subscribers rent.
What does it cost to join?
Nothing. No sign-up fee, no equipment, no install visit. You get one monthly invoice from us, and it's always smaller than the credits we put on your utility bill.
What happens in winter, or on a cloudy week?
Your credits follow the sun, so they're bigger in June than in December. Most utilities bank extra summer credits and spend them in winter, so your savings even out across the year.
What if I move?
Move within the same utility territory and your share moves with you. Move away and you can cancel with 60 days' notice, no fee. Someone on the waitlist takes your slice.
Is the 10% guaranteed?
Yes, it's in your contract: you pay 90¢ for every $1 of credit you receive. If a garden produces less one month, you're billed less that month.
Who looks after the gardens?
Our own crew of 14, based in Longmont, Albuquerque, Northfield and Kingston, plus local graziers whose sheep keep the grass trimmed. We own, insure and maintain every panel.
How do income-qualified shares work?
About 38% of every garden is set aside for households enrolled in LEAP, SNAP or similar programs. Those shares save 25% instead of 10%, with no credit check and no deposit.
07 Join the waitlist
Gardens fill up. Get on the list for yours.
Tell us where you live and we'll match you to the nearest garden with open shares, or hold your place for the next one.
- Bijou · Fort Morgan, CO412 of 1,180 shares leftOpens March 2027
- Acequia · Española, NM236 of 520 shares leftOpens May 2027
- Rock River · Rockford, IL890 of 1,240 shares leftOpens August 2027
- Kennebec · Augusta, ME1,010 of 1,060 shares leftOpens October 2027