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