NYSERDA, Nexamp complete community solar project in town of Seneca

SENECA, N.Y. — The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Boston, Massachusetts–based Nexamp, Inc. have announced the completion of Nexamp’s 2.6 megawatt community solar project in the town of Seneca in Ontario County.

The project will use one megawatt to provide no-cost solar subscriptions in New York State Electric and Gas Corporation’s (NYSEG) utility territory, NYSERDA said in a news release. Officials made the announcement at a Thursday ribbon cutting for the project.

Nexamp Seneca was one of nine projects awarded contracts last December under the first round of the state’s Solar for All program.

 “Making the benefits of solar accessible to everyone is core to our mission as a company,” Zaid Ashai, CEO of Nexamp, said in the NYSERDA news release. “So being selected as a NYSERDA Solar for All partner is a meaningful achievement for us. New York is leading the way in its commitment to carbon-free electricity, and community solar promises to be a central part of the solution. Deploying local, renewable resources that enable that all residents, regardless of income, to participate and reduce their energy costs is a goal that Nexamp and NYSERDA share.”

About Solar for All

Administered by NYSERDA as part of Cuomo’s $1 billion NY-Sun program, the Solar for All program is designed to provide no-cost community solar to 10,000 low-income homeowners and renters as part of the state’s effort to “make renewable energy more accessible to all New Yorkers,” the authority said

Solar For All offers eligible low-income households the opportunity to subscribe to a community solar project in their area “without any upfront costs or participation fees.” Through the program, the Nexamp Seneca project will reserve about 20 percent of project capacity, up to 1 megawatt, for eligible homeowners and renters to subscribe.

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