A recent Hartford Business article reports that Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority's (CEFIA) “Solarize Connecticut” program has doubled the adoption of residential solar installations in its four pilot towns during the program’s first five months.
The program seeks to encourage residential solar purchases by having entire towns sign onto the program, lowering installation costs through their collective buying power.
Residents in the four pilot towns – Durham, Fairfield, Portland, and Westport – signed nearly 300 contracts totaling 2.3 megawatts. This represents over double the total signups in these communities over the past seven.
Because of the large number of signups, the state will start the pilot program’s second phase in March with Bridgeport, Canton, Coventry, Mansfield, and Windham.
