Above allows you to share your opinions and describe your experience and communications with Yampa Valley Electric Association regarding the current lack of production of the Yampa Valley Solar Garden. Submitting your response will allow you to access information intended for current solar panel owners (panels acquired from the clean energy collective project in craig colorado); at a cost of $2.75/watt from the owner plus Federal Funding. Additionally, if an association is formed; being organized will lead to real transparency which will be updated on this website regularly. This website is operated by Timothy Nylen for the sole purpose of ensuring affordable-longevity of the YVSG, which has issues that were never disclosed in a timely manner, and worse, executive action was taken without consulting those that funded the project in the first place. Especially the latest $160,000 of debt to Schneider Electric. Feel free to call Tim 9703674338 at any time to discuss this topic: opinions on technical, financial, political issues are all worth discussing.
Below is dedicated to dates and times of PUBLIC information related to community solar
https://youtu.be/ELXvtM66kc4?si=QJYTB9U2Wf2bbVuO <----- 2022 annual meeting part 2
https://yvsc.org/2013/10/24/get-your-solar-panels-while-theyre-hot/
Living in Steamboat, I wanted to be the first to buy into the community owned solar “garden” being installed near Craig, CO close to the end of the year. Sadly, I was their second customer, someone (Jeff Troeger) beat me to it! Kudos to Yampa Valley Electric Association for bringing this opportunity to our community through their partnership with Clean Energy Collective (CEC) out of Boulder.
Yes you can now buy into the solar garden at pre-construction pricing ($2.75 watt) which represents a 15% discount to post-construction pricing as well as the 30% renewable energy Federal Tax Credit. However, there is little doubt in my mind that few if any will actually pay post-construction pricing because all the panels will be reserved and gone by then. Both community solar gardens installed by CEC in Summit County last year sold out before they even broke ground.
Feel free to contact me directly and I’d be happy to go through the economics of why owning a portion of the solar garden is absolutely the best bang for your buck. For our home, we are buying enough panels to offset 100% of our electricity usage by way of a credit from Yampa Valley Electric Association for the production from “our” panels. In our neighborhood, HOA restrictions have made it virtually impossible to install panels on or around our home. And yes, these are “our” panels and the credit for production can be transferred to a different YVEA service address or sold with our home if we choose (pretty easy to sell a house with no electricity bill). Next year, when we buy our first plug in electric vehicle, our credit for the electricity used will not only offset normal electricity rates, but gas at the pump as well. This is the moment – get them while they’re hot!!
Sam Jones
Financial consultant to YVSC
ssjones5890@gmail.com
720 979 8695
Additional information added per CEC’s presentation on January 16, 2014:
The array is a 577kw system located in the city of Craig, CO
Owners will earn 10cents per kilowatt (YVEA customers currently pay 8c), and rate will increase as YVEA’s cost of energy increases
Buyers can not purchase more than 120% of their usage and no one buyer can own more than 60% of the array (to make it a community array)
Easy monitoring and awareness (iPhone apps!)
A business that uses 125,000 kwh per year would save 4 million lbs of CO2, 4.5 million auto miles, 6000 trees, and over $29,000 (for 290 panels) in the first year!
Only 25% of rooftops are suited for solar, this array is perfectly situated for maximum productivity
Array will break ground for construction upon winter’s melting
Currently 20% sold
Minimum purchase: 1 panel
JANUARY 9, 2015 BY ANDY
At long last, the Yampa Valley Electric Association and Clean Energy Collective Community Solar Array is officially interconnected and feeding the grid!!
The array is 68% sold and YVEA and CEC will hosting two Grand Opening celebrations happening at the end of this month. Mark your calendar!
Grand Opening event details:
Craig, CO – Wednesday, January 28, 2015 – 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
At The Clarion – 300 Colorado 13, Craig, CO
Steamboat Springs, CO – Thursday, January 29, 2015 – 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
At the Steamboat Community Center – 1605 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, CO
Learn more about the Solar Garden here
Community solar arrays, sometimes referred to as a solar farm or solar garden, are centralized solar facilities owned by individual community members, who receive credits on their electricity bill for the power produced.
https://yvsc.org/2015/01/09/yvea-solar-garden-grand-opening/
www.yvea.com › rays-up-community-solar-projectRays Up Community Solar Project | Yampa Valley Electric ...
In 2016, Yampa Valley Electric Association (YVEA) and the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) partnered to develop a community solar array which is 100% dedicated to income qualified YVEA members.