United Way Clean Energy Benefit

About the program

What are you supporting?

Upon sign up, you will enable the development of one or multiple community solar projects. These projects absorb sunlight and generate clean energy that is fed into the electrical grid; replacing the need for carbon emitting energy alternatives.

What’s the environmental impact?

The clean energy produced with community solar helps reduce carbon emissions in our communities. A single solar farm can prevent 1-3 millions pounds of carbon dioxide from entering our atmosphere each year!

How do you save money?

Due to state incentives, the process of generating clean energy is less expensive than that of fossil fuels, coal, or nuclear energy. This reduced cost is passed onto you, the customer, in the form of savings on your electricity cost each month. It’s a rare win, win, win.

Thanks to forward thinkers like you, the positive environmental impact enabled by our community solar program increases every year. Check out the estimated impact our projects will have this year alone.

Each year, Common Energy’s solar program generates over 3.5 Million kWh of clean energy

That energy will prevent 133,888,735 pounds of CO₂

Which is equivalent to planting 1,606,663 trees

Joining a solar project:

01 - Check availability

Use your zip code and utility to see if we have a clean energy project in your area with open enrollment.

02 - Connect your utility

Using your utility account information, we will connect your existing account to a new clean energy project.

03 - Payment information

Your connection to the grid will remain the same, but you will receive clean energy credits and pay your utility through Common Energy at a lower cost.

04 - Savings & impact

Each month we will share with you a Statement of Savings. This statement will show your original bill, your electricity savings, and your positive environmental impact.

Over 15,000 customers are benefiting from their local community solar program

"I really believe in decreasing our carbon footprint and this is the easiest way to sign up for solar energy. You literally sign-up and all of a sudden you are getting your energy from local solar farms and you are saving money."

Ken Young

Owner Emack & Bolio’s

New York

"Signing up for Common Energy is a great way to help the environment and save money. Who can argue with it? I’d love it if more and more people signed up for Common Energy."

Louise Bliss

Homeowner

New York

"I feel it is important to get involved with Common Energy because we’re not just saving money, we’re saving energy."

Joe Keneally

Owner, Clay Ponds Farm

New York

*Experience may differ per subscriber

Support clean energy & save

Your growing impact

About the program

Joining a solar project:

Over 15,000 customers are benefiting from their local community solar program

Over 15,000 customers are benefiting from their local community solar program

Support clean energy & save

Your growing impact

About the program

Joining a solar project:

Over 15,000 customers are benefiting from their local community solar program

Over 15,000 customers are benefiting from their local community solar program

Sign up & save!