Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia's first shared solar facilities come online

Virginia’s first “shared solar” facilities are now online, and the state is set for a major expansion. Shared solar is a way for people who cannot afford solar panels, or do not own land to put them on, to tap the sun and save on power bills.

For utility customers who sign up for these, or the other shared solar facilities set to start in the months ahead, the electricity that shared solar systems feed into Dominion Energy‘s grid translates to a 10% credit against their power bills.

With a flip of some switches last month, a fleet of five small-scale solar farms pumps up to 27.4 megawatts of electricity into Virginia’s grid. The developer, Dimension Renewable Energy, will add two more next month, for an additional 10.7 megawatts – in all, enough to power 6,000 households.
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Read the full article by Dave Ress in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.