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June 1, 2009 – Vol.14 No.11 Tucson Electric Power (TEP) SunShare Program Funds Seven New Solar Arrays for City of Tucson, Arizona. TEP’s SunShare program provides incentives that help customers reduce the cost of installing PV systems. The program is funded by a surcharge on customers’ bills, and the energy generated by subsidized systems helps TEP achieve renewable energy goals set by the Arizona Corporation Commission. TEP will provide an estimated $4.7 million in SunShare incentives to the city over the next 20 years, covering about 60 percent of the cost of the arrays that will add more than 1 megawatt (MW) to the city’s solar generating capacity. “Thanks to TEP’s SunShare program, the city can scale back its carbon footprint while reducing its energy expenses, allowing it to devote more resources to other pressing needs,” said Paul Bonavia, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TEP and its parent company, UniSource Energy Corporation. The first of the city’s new photovoltaic (PV) systems is at the city’s El Pueblo Activity Center, 101 W. Irvington Road. The 97.65-kilowatt (kW) array is expected to generate enough power to meet about 20 percent of the facility’s energy needs.
For residential customers, SunShare offers up-front incentives of up to $3,000 per kW of system capacity. Combined with state and federal tax credits, SunShare incentives can reduce the cost of a typical 3-kW residential solar system by nearly $15,000. TEP also offers production-based incentives typically used for larger arrays such as those being installed by the City of Tucson. (5/29/09)
Links: UniSource Energy Corporation More details about the new systems, which will have a total capacity of 1,022 kW
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