Last Updated: 11/20/2025
When you subscribe to a community solar project, you get the benefits of solar energy, like lower electricity bills, without having to install panels on your home. With the Mid-Hudson Community Solar Project, subscribers will receive a 20% discount on the value of your solar credits which will save up to 20% on your electricity bill!
Mid-Hudson Energy Transition has been working hard to help local residents sign up, but the solar developer is the one building and maintaining the system. Even though community solar is a simple and exciting way to save money and support clean energy, getting a project up and running takes time, coordination, and lots of behind-the-scenes work.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of how community solar projects come together and where things currently stand with ours.
With community solar, clean energy is generated at a shared solar farm, not on your roof. That energy flows into the power grid, and your utility company delivers it to homes like yours. You stay connected to your utility, and nothing changes about how you get your electricity. The big difference? As a subscriber, you get credit on your utility bill each month, saving you money while supporting renewable energy in your community!
At this stage, the solar developers check to make sure everything is in place for the project to succeed. That means picking a good spot for the solar panels, making sure it gets enough sun, and seeing how close it is to the power lines. They also talk with landowners, neighbors, and local officials to get support early and answer questions. If everything looks good, they move forward and lock in the land.
Next, the developers finalize the plan and make sure they have all the permissions they need to build. That includes working with engineers and the utility company, getting permits, and making sure they follow all environmental rules.
Now that the solar developers have the green light, it’s time to lock in the money to pay for the project and buy what they need, like the solar panels and other equipment. They also bring in the construction team that will actually build the system and companies to help fill the project— like MHET!
This is when we start enrolling community members! For this project, we had 260 spots available. If you’re seeing this, it likely means you’re already signed up. During the project filling stage, our outreach team makes sure folks understand what this project means and how it can help lower monthly electric bills.
Crews go out to site clear the land, build roads, set up the structure, and install panels and wiring. The solar developers then test everything to make sure it’s safe and works like it should.
The Construction phase is currently delayed but is near completion.
At this point, the system gets connected to the power grid and starts producing clean energy. The subscriber details have been sent to the utility company so they can apply the credits to the right accounts. But hang tight— before credits show up on your bill, the system needs a few weeks to build up enough electricity. Once that happens, the utility can start applying the credits to your bill.
Interconnection is currently delayed because of a delay in the Construction phase.
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