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Grow Solar Metro East — Affordable Solar for All

Grow Solar Metro East is a public education and group purchasing program for residential and commercial solar. Offered by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and local partners, property owners throughout Madison County, St. Clair County, and Monroe County, Illinois can participate in this program to help pool their buying power and secure significant discounts that make installing solar simple and more affordable. The program builds on previous years of successful programs that helped over 217 local property owners go solar.

Live across the River? Check out Grow Solar St. Louis!

Stay Tuned — Grow Solar Metro East Will Return

After another successful program in 2021, Grow Solar Metro East will be relaunching in 2023. Interested in joining the program once it begins? Fill out our short form below to stay in the loop and be the first to hear the details of our next solar group buy!

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Do you represent an organization or municipality looking to further its sustainability goals? Become a local partner of our next program and bring affordable solar to your community!

Contact our local program partner Chris Krusa at the Sierra Club Piasa Palisades Chapter to get details on how your organization can support our next solar group buy program. Email or call 410-490-5024.

How to Participate

Step One: Start by attending a virtual Solar Power Hour. Our free virtual information session teaches you the basics of solar, its financial implications for your property, and how the Grow Solar Metro East program works.

Step Two: Then get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected installer, StraightUp Solar.

Want more information about this program? Learn about the MREA’s history of facilitating these programs and the success this program has previously experienced.

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Grow Solar Metro East Events

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Did you miss our Solar Power Hours?

You can still watch a recorded version to learn the basics of solar, its financial implications for your property, and how the Grow Solar Metro East program works. Check out our virtual resource packet for resources complimentary to this presentation. Then, get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected installer, StraightUp Solar, by filling out this short form. The deadline to participate in this program is September 30th, so don’t delay.  Your solar journey awaits!

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Already attended a Solar Power Hour? Sign up for a free, no obligation site assessment with StraightUp Solar!

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One Program, Big Impact since 2016

1,193 people attended Solar Power Hours

234 properties added solar

2,266 kilowatts of solar have been installed

Every year, that’s like avoiding:

4,843,056 miles driven by the average passenger vehicle

2,129,936 lbs. of coal burned

OR like 81,995 trash bags recycled rather than landfilled

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2021 marks the fifth year for the Grow Solar Metro East program. Since 2017, the environmental impact has been huge. Each year, the PV systems installed through this program will singlehandedly avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 3,955,075 lbs. of CO2. So, thank you to you for making this program successful year after year and for helping to keep our part of the state beautiful, clean, and healthy.

Since 2017:

Still on the fence about solar?

Got some burning questions you’re just not quite sure about?

Join us for a special event on Wednesday, September 16th from 6:00-7:00 p.m.: “Everything you want to know about solar but are too afraid to ask!” We will celebrate the program’s successes, talk about why now is a great time to go solar, and hear from solar owners and experts alike!

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Ready to schedule a site assessment or wanting to receive important program updates? Fill out this short form to either request a free, no obligation site assessment with StraighUp Solar, receive important program updates directly to your inbox, or both.

SCHEDULE/RECEIVE UPDATES

Need more information about this program? Learn about the MREA’s history of facilitating these programs, the success this program has previously experienced, and a biography for this program’s installer, StraightUp Solar, on our About page.

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Want to see more solar in the Metro East area? Help us get the word out about the Grow Solar Metro East program! Check out our media kit for easily shareable social media and email language and graphics. Thanks for helping grow solar!

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Organizations and jurisdictions listed above are supportive of the Grow Solar Metro East Program’s efforts to educate consumers about solar. The Program follows a standard competitive public RFP process coordinated by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) to select a solar provider. The final decision whether to contract a solar installation is that of the home or commercial property owner. The organizations and jurisdictions listed above have no legal responsibility or hold any liability for the performance of any contract between the solar installer and residents or businesses in Madison County, Monroe County, or St. Clair County.

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