.
Feedback

Residents Invited to Learn More About 'Solarize Canton'

Workshop slated for March 19

Submitted release 

The town of Canton is hosting a Solarize Canton Kick-Off Solar Workshop on March 19 at 7 p.m. to learn how this unique program is working to offer residents significantly discounted solar installations that will reduce monthly utility bills. 

The town of Canton, along with Bridgeport, Mansfield and Windham, and Coventry has been selected through a competitive process to participate in Solarize Connecticut, a State-sponsored program through the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority that combines coordinated town education and outreach efforts with a tiered pricing offer from a pre-selected installer to significantly increase residential solar.

The more residents participate in the program, the more the price drops, with all residents receiving the lowest possible price for their installation no matter when they sign up for the program. However, residents must sign a contract by July 12, 2013 to qualify. In Phase 1 of Solarize Connecticut, participating towns more than doubled the amount of solar during the 20-week program than had been purchased over the Ross Solar Group is the designated and competitively selected solar installer for the Town of Canton, chosen for their quality reputation, customer reviews and, most importantly, competitive tiered pricing. 

In addition to learning about the Solarize Connecticut program, the kick-off solar workshop on March 19 will walk homeowners through the basics of solar power, including everything from the technology itself to the various financing options available through Ross Solar Group and CEFIA. Residents interested in learning more about solar technology will find the workshop interesting and informative.

For additional information about Solarize Canton, please contact Toni Bouchard at tbouchard@smartpower.org. Those residents who are interested can contact the installer directly by calling 203- 512-4500 or visit http://solarizect.com/our-towns/solarize-canton/

Newsletter & Alerts

Get the best stories each day and important breaking news

Subscribe

Not from Canton Patch? Find your Local Patch »

Loading comments ...
Note Article
Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
Larry Litton May 22, 2013 at 10:49 am
Well said Mr. Franks! A new town garage is needed, but not at that price tag. The town leadershipRead More needs to offer a far better option to the voters than this. I am also voting NO...
Steve Roberto May 22, 2013 at 03:06 pm
Hey Larry, Wyatt asked you for the other 3 sites. Lets hear your answer and why exactly you feelRead More they will work. The EDA has been saying garbage like that for over a year. The Board of Selectman asked them three times to share their data. Of course they delivered nothing yet continue to say there is a better way. They have had plenty of times to show a better plan.
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:26 pm
Hear, hear, Sarah. The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard"Read More attitude--it has nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Wyatt May 22, 2013 at 11:41 am
@Larry. What are the 3 sites?
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:31 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it hasRead More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Wyatt May 22, 2013 at 10:52 am
@Steve. Kudos! Nice to see some common sense and decency. The actions of "Citizens for aRead More Better Canton" have been shameful to say the least - attacking critics, distributing misleading information and attacking the good people who volunteer their time to make Canton a better place to live.
Steve Roberto May 21, 2013 at 04:05 pm
It makes me chuckle when someone spends weeks mudslinging, finger pointing, and pot shotting untilRead More the targets of their harassments speak up and then they decide the game is over, well sorry, I have only just begun. I was sickened by the behavior of certain people at the town meeting scheduled to discuss this garage project. Most of them where given a script to read using lies and incorrect numbers to attack members of town boards and commission. They attacked the intelligence, ethics, and integrity of members of the Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, Permanent Municipal Building Committee and project consultants. You have even managed to involve our neighbors from Barkhamsted in your May 15 Patch submission, referring to them as “Hairshirt wearing radicals who don’t wash their cars”, again full of incorrect numbers and misinformation. I am attending a Board of Ethics Meeting tonight to defend myself from mud slung on me by those finger pointers trying to distract from the facts at hand. These very same people told this town that they wanted a football field and they wanted a pool. They said that the folks in Canton deserved these things. They understood that these things came with a price tag and they were ready to pay it. Funny how the song has changed now that we have changed our focus to a much less glamorous project. Perhaps if we were proposing a hockey rink or an equestrian team $5.4 million wouldn’t be so much.
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:31 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it hasRead More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Wayne Jekot May 22, 2013 at 01:32 pm
The real reason people are opposing this plan is a "not in my backyard" attitude--it hasRead More nothing to do with cost. If so many people in town were so concerned about wasteful expenditures, we would have heard them complain about $3.6 million for a track and field! When the "dumb" location argument failed to make headway, the opponents to the "dumb" garage plan, acting purely out of self-interest and not for the common good, switched to a financial argument. You can't fool me: I voted yes.
Solinsky EyeCare May 21, 2013 at 02:45 pm
We are located at 1013 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford. See you there!
Nancy May 20, 2013 at 09:32 am
Where are you located, Solinsky Eyecare?