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Grow Solar Waushara County is an Education and Group Purchasing Program for Residential and Commercial Solar and Energy Efficiency.

Home and business owners throughout Waushara County may participate in this program to help pool their buying power to secure significant discounts that make installing high-quality solar more affordable. This solar education and group purchasing program is offered with support from the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, CAP Services, the Village of Coloma, and the Coloma Public Library.

How does the program work?

We offer free education about solar to help people figure out if solar is right for them. Do you own a property? Is it relatively free from shade? Do you want to lower your electricity bills? Solar might be right for you!

Start by attending a Solar Power Hour. Our free information session teaches you the basics of solar, its financial implications for your property, and how the Grow Solar Waushara County program works.

Need a refresher after the webinar? Visit our Virtual Resource Packet to see the slides, view a recording of the presentation, and find all the complementary resources to the presentation.

Then, get a free, no obligation site assessment from our competitively-selected installer, to be announced when the program launches. After attending a Solar Power Hour, schedule a site assessment and cost estimate.

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Not just solar!

This program isn’t only about solar. We’ve also partnered with CAP Services to help connect those who need it with it’s Weatherization and Rehabilitation program. CAP Services weatherizes income-qualified homes identified by the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP). WHEAP provides CAP with a referral list of qualified homes for eventual follow-up to determine owner/tenant interest in participating in the program.

Housing rehabilitation funds are provided to low-income homeowners as a deferred loan that is due upon sale of the home, if the home is no longer their primary residence, or 30 years from the date of the loan origination. Households eligible for the 0% or 2.25% simple interest loans must have annual incomes at or below 80% of the county median income.

“I recently lost my job when it was eliminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If it had not been for CAP Services and the program that loaned me the money for the repair, I do not know what I would have done. The services provided to me saved my home and prevented legal action against me due to a tragic and unforeseeable situation. I cannot express enough how valuable this service has been for me.” – 2020 CAP Services Rehab Participant

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Participant Testimonial

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) and our partners aren’t the only ones excited about the program. Check out what one of our many participants had to say about a previous program.

“Going solar in the first instance was based primarily on doing the right thing environmentally. That decision, though, is reinforced by the fact that solar is financially sound–especially when one considers that energy costs will begin to rise again in the next three or four years. Now is a good time because the economics of solar have reached the point of breaking even over a reasonable period of years–especially with the advantages of MREA’s Solar Buy program. I am uncertain if we would have proceeded without the Solar Buy program making it simple, easy and even more cost-effective. Managing the steps on our own–selecting an installer, handling the multiple, different incentives, working with the utility company–would have been a major obstacle to moving forward.”

Dan B., Grow Solar Participant