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Grow Solar Metro East is back for 2021!

Offered by the Lewis & Clark Community College, Madison County Building & Zoning, Glen Carbon Cool Cities Committee, Sierra Club Piasa Palisades Group, Godfrey Climate Protection and Energy Efficiency Committee, Collinsville Cool Cities Committee, and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, we invite home and commercial property owners throughout Madison County, St. Clair County, and Monroe County, Illinois to participate in this program to help pool their buying power to secure significant discounts that make installing solar 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!

Grow Solar Metro East is finished for the 2020 year.

Thank you to the Lewis & Clark Community College, Glen Carbon Cool Cities Committee, Sierra Club, and Godfrey Climate Protection and Energy Efficiency Committee for their partnership on this program.

See the amazing results of Grow Solar Metro East below!

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, 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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Did you miss our Solar Power Hours?

Though our live events are finished for the 2020 year, 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!

Did you miss out on the Grow Solar Metro East 4.0 program?

Don’t worry, you can get in line for Grow Solar Metro East 5.0, launching in spring of 2021! Just fill out the short form below to sign up to receive important updates about the launch of next year’s program.

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Grow Solar Metro East Events

Free and open to the public

April

04/12/21 Monday 4:00-5:00PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register) Co-host: Sierra Club

04/29/21 Thursday 1:00-2:00PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

May

05/11/21 Tuesday 10:00-11:00AM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

05/20/21 Thursday 1:00-2:00PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

05/31/21 Monday 6:30-7:30PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

June

06/09/21 Wednesday 3:00-4:00PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

06/18/21 Friday 12:00-1:00PM Solar Power Hour on Zoom (click to register)

Interested in being a co-host? Email for more information

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

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Grow Solar Metro East Participant Testimonial

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One Program, Big Impact

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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1,232 people attended Solar Power Hours

195 properties added solar

1,895 kilowatts of solar have been installed

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.

LEARN MORE

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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Every year, that’s like avoiding:

4,451,592 miles driven by the average passenger vehicle

1,976,733 lbs. of coal burned

OR like 76,334 trash bags recycled rather than landfilled

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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