Another reason to love this fine borough, solar is taking over! Thanks to the city rebate, people across Brooklyn are installing photovoltaics (PV) on their roofs like mad. Check out this article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
Solar Panels Proliferate in ‘Progressive’ Brooklyn
City Rebate Makes Installation CheaperBy Phoebe Neidl
Brooklyn Daily EagleBROOKLYN — “Nothin’ moves backwards, buddy. Do you want to speak to a nuclear physicist?”
This is what an incredulous Con Edison employee said to Windsor Terrace resident Peter Landy when his meter indicated that he wasn’t using any of the utility giant’s electricity.
That was two and a half years ago, right after Landy had photovoltaic panels installed on his roof, which convert sunlight into electricity. In other words, he went solar.
“We haven’t had a bill. Just the connection fee, which is around $11,” he says. “We produce more [electricity] than we use, so the meter goes backwards.”
Through a legislated arrangement called “net-metering,” Landy is able to “sell” his excess energy back into the system and build up credit with Con Ed. In the winter and at night, when the sun is less obliging, he taps into the grid for conventional electricity. “Con Ed is my battery, in a sense,” he explained.
In recent years, solar energy use for homeowners has become much more affordable with incentives and rebates from city, state and federal agencies. And Brooklynites are taking advantage of these new bargain prices.
Find out if you're eligible for renewable energy rebates
at the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
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