This document describes a Community Virtual Solar Garden program that enables communities to develop solar energy. The program involves installing a central solar array at a favorable host site, such as a school or municipal building. Local residents and businesses can then purchase shares of the array's electricity production. The host site buys the solar electricity through a long-term contract. A company oversees development and administration, distributing payments to subscribers from electricity sales and other incentives for 20 years, keeping the financial benefits local.

1. Enriching Your Community
With:
COMMUNITY VIRTUAL
SOLAR GARDENS
DEVELOPING AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.

2. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
What is a CGE
Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Centrally-located solar photovoltaic (PV) system
that:
o Is installed at a favorable (sunny) Host site
o Shares the electricity production benefits
with local subscribers purchasing ‘rights’
o Continues to benefit everyone locally… part
of the “sustainable community’

3. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
In New York…
Our Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Works Like This…
1.) A suitable host site (or sites) for the Community
Virtual Solar Garden (‘CVSG’) is selected. Can be:
o Municipal Facility roof/ground space
o School Building/Grounds
o Private Non-Profit Host Site
o Commercial Host Site

4. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
Our Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Works Like This…
2.) Host site agrees to buy all the solar electricity
under a 20 Year Power Purchase Agreement
(‘PPA’):
oBelow current supply rate
oLow fixed annual inflation rate (below
average utility inflation rate)

5. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
Our Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Works Like This…
3.) Host then ‘sponsors’ the solar array as a CVSG
and the array becomes a ‘shared solar’ project,
offering subscriber participation to:
o Area residents
o Small businesses

6. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
Our Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Works Like This…
4.) During development/construction, CGE:
oDesigns, constructs, finances solar array
oContracts a PPA with Sponsor Host
oAdministers and Secures Available
Incentives/Grants
oPromotes, Obtains and signs local subscribers
oBrings CVSG into operation

7. DEVELOPING
AND FINANCING
RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PROJECTS
NATIONWIDE.
Our Community Virtual Solar Garden Program
Works Like This…
5.) During Commercial Operation CGE:
o Operates and maintains the CVSG equipment
o Administers billing/collecting of the 20 Year Host PPA
o Distributes cash payments from all net PPA revenues to
Subscribers
o Sells all SRECs and distributes cash payments from net
proceeds to Subscribers
ALL the monetary benefits multiply and stay
in your community!

8. For a CVSG Host Organization…
it’s ‘no-cost’, all Upside
o No Upfront Capital Expense to ‘Go Solar’
o Immediate Reduction in Electricity Rate with Savings that Grow
Annually… to as much as 30% in Later Years of PPA
o Organization’s Environmental and Sustainability Goals Served
o P/R as Sponsor of a Community Shared Solar Project

9. For a CVSG Subscriber…
it’s simple
o Can Purchase Panel Rights for up to 100% of Annual Electric Usage
o Pays in full, or finances, a Subscriber Panel Cost Per Watt for Project
Term (20 Years)
o Receives Cash Payments from Panel Production and SREC Sales to
offset monthly electric bills.
o Subscription Follows YOU, where ever you may move.

10. For the CVSG Community…
everyone wins
o Brings solar accessibility to the 75% of people who are not able to
participate (shaded, rent, cost, etc.), at a a cost up to 35% less.
o Engages community in achieving affordable, shared goals from a true
community project for sustainable, local, economic development.
o CVSG built using local installers and professionals
o Local ownership matters since all the future monetary benefits generated
remain in your community.

11. The Real Community Owned Solar ‘Difference’
Traditional 3rd
-
Party Owned
Solar
Community Owned Solar
Garden
Size of the Array(s) 500kW 500kW
Annual Electricity Production (kWh) 640,000 640,000
Initial Cost of Electricity ($/kWh) $0.15 $0.15
PPA Term 20 Years 20 Years
Escalation Rate 2% 2%
Total Cost of Electricity Over Term $2,218,000 $2,218,000
Est. SREC Revenue Over Term TBD TBD
Money Redistributed to Local
Owners (Community) Over Term $0.00
$1,890,000
(Net Electricity PPA
Revenue/SREC)

12. Community Virtual
Solar Gardens
Not Just a Solar Project… Sustainable, Economic
Development

13. Community Virtual Solar Gardens
Go Community Green… BETTER!
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