Solar Empowerment, from the Sonora Environmental Research Institute
Are you looking to make your home more energy-efficient? Interested in saving money on your monthly energy bill? Do you know how solar energy works? Are solar companies telling you that you don’t use enough electricity to get a solar system?
Solar energy allows you to reduce the cost of energy used in your home, reduces pollution and supports energy independence.
• Household income must be 80% or below the HUD income limits
• Homeowner of a single-family dwelling
• Roof in good condition and appropriate for solar panels
• Current on property taxes and any prior loans from SERI
Important:
This program is currently open only to homeowners in single-family homes (no mobile homes or apartments). Your roof should be in good condition, and the structure must be appropriate for solar panels and permitted. If you are behind on your property taxes, they must be paid before acceptance into the program. Approval of an application by SERI does not guarantee that you will receive a solar rooftop system. Your home must meet all of the requirements for an installation. TFS has the final decision on installation of a solar rooftop system on your home.
How Does the Program Work?
- Grants of up to 30% of the cost of your system if your income is between 50% – 80% of the HUD Median Family Income.
- Grants of up to 50% of the cost of your system if your income is 50% or below the HUD Median Family Income.
- TFS will assist you with obtaining loans from the Clean Energy Credit Union. Often your monthly loan payment will be less than your monthly savings on your electrical bill.
- Installations may also qualify for federal and state tax credits
Attend SERI's Solar Empowerment Workshops
These workshops are designed to provide participants with the understanding of solar technologies, their benefits, and their components, and maintenance.
Next Workshop: April 25th
Ready to Get Started?
Click the button to visit the application form and begin your submission.
SERI is a community-based, non-profit, tax-exempt organization that has been extensively involved with environmental, health and safety issues in southern Arizona for over 27 years. Their mission is to preserve the environment and protect human health through the development of a sustainable future. SERI partners with neighborhoods that are under economic, environmental and health stress and help determine the risks to which the residents are exposed and actions to be taken to reduce those risks. They conduct risk reduction and healthy homes interventions, provide technical assistance, conduct community participatory research, offer educational opportunities, respond to community needs and implement programs to make immediate and long-term impacts. They work to create a sustainable world where there is environmental justice and opportunity for all people regardless of economic, ethnic, nationality or gender status. They work with communities to set priorities for risk-reduction activities and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that continue to improve the health and safety of the community.
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