Solar is Right Here! NNEC’s new video documents NYC’s first commercial net-metered building.

Last summer the economics of solar in New York City improved considerably when the state net-metering law was expanded to include large commercial buildings. Net-metering is the arrangement that allows solar system owners to build up credit for any excess electricity that they produce during the day. This credit is then used to offset the cost of a building’s nightly power demand. Solar One worked with a coalition of groups statewide to bring about this critical change in Policy last June.

This excellent short video produced by the Network for New Energy Choices (NNEC), a New York-based policy think tank, gives a firsthand account of the earliest consequences of the improved law. It documents the first commercial net-metered solar system in New York City located on top of the ‘Monti’ building at 925 Bergen Street in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The four minute film includes interviews with the building’s owner as well as the project’s contractor David Buckner, president of Solar Energy Systems.

Solar Power is Right Here! is the first in an ongoing series that NNEC will produce regularly. Future films will investigate clean energy case studies that are happening right here on the ground in  – and roofs of – New York City. Solar One is excited to serve as an adviser to the project and looks forward to future collaborations.


Posted on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 7:29 am | Tagged in Solar One | posted by SolarOne

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