Soak Up the Sun & Savings Before the PA Sunshine Grant Runs Out

From a call this Monday to the PA Sunshine Program office in Harrisburg, PA Sunshine Team members confirmed that the fund is still at $1,622,306 since last noting the balance on their website as of September 20.

The delay in this week's update on the fund balance is due to the office's current heaping applications in need of review.

Earlier this year, the state replenished the fund to $7.25 million, but a good portion of that went directly to applicants on last year's waiting lists for the grant.

 Grants for homeowners have a cap at $7,500 for up to 10 KW solar PV systems, while small business owners installing commercial solar energy have a maximum rebate of $52,500. The cap is 100 KW for commercial solar.

Some customers are seeing rates of return above 18% and paybacks in less than 4 years. On top of that, solar is a great way to bring savings to your electricity bill as the costs of traditional energy only continue to rise. And the environment will thank you, too.

The grant fund is slated to close as of December 31, 2013 or sooner if the rebates are completely used up before then by residents and small business owners in Pennsylvania who are installing solar on their properties and signing up to benefit from the program.

From start to finish, paperwork, planning, permitting, and interconnection approval with your local utility company can take up to 2 or 3 months. So that means anyone who is seriously interested in solar and appreciating the PA Sunshine grant needs to literally act fast in pushing green forward both through these environmental energy smarts and your budget.

GreenPointe.Energy can help you with the application process and be a part of bringing solar home or into your business' vision. To find out more about how to keep green-speak benefiting you in 2013, call 1.800.619.9880.

Sunny regards!