{"id":38659,"date":"2022-12-28T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T22:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/?page_id=38659"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:45:07","slug":"community-solar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/about-my-co-op\/how-we-provide-power\/community-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone who wants solar panels can have them \u2014 some members rent their homes and cannot add solar, while others don&#8217;t have an opportune site for solar panels to generate energy. In 2015, your Co-op developed the area&#8217;s first community solar project, allowing any member to own locally-sited solar generation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1896234518\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-736811019\" class=\"col medium-1\/2 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41695 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-IIInfographicLR-online-800x663-1.jpg\" alt=\"Community Solar Phase II\" width=\"800\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-IIInfographicLR-online-800x663-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-IIInfographicLR-online-800x663-1-340x282.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1368658986\" class=\"col medium-1\/2 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>How does community solar work?<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Co-op members purchase panels in the Community Solar project.<\/li>\n<li>The sun creates energy which is captured by solar panels.<\/li>\n<li>Energy is transferred to Flathead Electric Cooperative\u2019s distribution system.<\/li>\n<li>Panel owners receive bill credits for the energy created by their panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h3>Interested in Community Solar?<\/h3>\n<p>The Co-op has completed two Community Solar projects and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/flathead-electric-cooperative-announces-community-solar-project-iii-in-whitefish\/\">recently announced plans to build a third<\/a>. Members on our waiting list will be the first to know when panels become available for purchase. Sign up below to be kept in the loop.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/smarthub.tfaforms.net\/501\" target=\"new\" class=\"button primary is-primary is-medium\"  >\n    <span>Put me on the waiting list!<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n<h3>More About Community Solar<\/h3>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"blog-grid row large-columns-3 medium-columns-2 small-columns-1 slider row-slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-push slider-nav-outside\"\n\t\tdata-flickity-options='{\"imagesLoaded\": true, \"groupCells\": \"100%\", \"dragThreshold\" : 5, \"cellAlign\": \"left\",\"wrapAround\": true,\"prevNextButtons\": true,\"percentPosition\": true,\"pageDots\": false, \"rightToLeft\": false, \"autoPlay\" : false}'\n\t\ttabindex=\"0\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-46833\" class=\"col post-item post-46833 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-solar category-news-releases category-solar\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/flathead-electric-cooperative-announces-community-solar-project-iii-in-whitefish\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"plain \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar_900x400-800x356.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"close up of solar panels\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar_900x400-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar_900x400-340x151.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar_900x400.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"absolute left bottom\"><div class=\"cat-label\">Community Solar, News Releases, Solar<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-image -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title\">Flathead Electric Cooperative announces Community Solar Project III in Whitefish<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"published-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"date-inner\"><div class=\"pwd-featured-icons\"><span class=\"hwicon-calendar\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"font-size: 1.23em\"><\/span>March 27, 2024<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-row align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-author-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32fc7f3944707b5c1cb6567c6ca1e515?s=20&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32fc7f3944707b5c1cb6567c6ca1e515?s=40&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col flex-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Courtney Stone\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><!-- .link -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-43697\" class=\"col post-item post-43697 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-solar category-generation category-innovative-projects category-solar\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/community-solar-phase-ii\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"plain \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-II-1600x900-1-800x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community solar Phase II. Solar panel array on the roof of a building\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-II-1600x900-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-II-1600x900-1-340x191.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-II-1600x900-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-II-1600x900-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"absolute left bottom\"><div class=\"cat-label\">Community Solar, Generation, Innovative Projects, Solar<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-image -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title\">Community Solar Phase II<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"published-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"date-inner\"><div class=\"pwd-featured-icons\"><span class=\"hwicon-calendar\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"font-size: 1.23em\"><\/span>August 8, 2019<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-row align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-author-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a272612e44e19bfe398004631d9cc19?s=20&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a272612e44e19bfe398004631d9cc19?s=40&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col flex-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Sharilyn Fairweather\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><!-- .link -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-43688\" class=\"col post-item post-43688 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-solar category-generation category-innovative-projects category-solar\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/community-solar-phase-i\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"plain \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-I_SUN-1600x900-1-800x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community Solar. Flathead Electric Co-op solar array\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-I_SUN-1600x900-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-I_SUN-1600x900-1-340x191.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-I_SUN-1600x900-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.flatheadelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Community-Solar-Phase-I_SUN-1600x900-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"absolute left bottom\"><div class=\"cat-label\">Community Solar, Generation, Innovative Projects, Solar<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-image -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title\">Community Solar Phase I<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"published-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"date-inner\"><div class=\"pwd-featured-icons\"><span class=\"hwicon-calendar\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"font-size: 1.23em\"><\/span>April 20, 2015<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-row align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-author-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a272612e44e19bfe398004631d9cc19?s=20&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a272612e44e19bfe398004631d9cc19?s=40&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col flex-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Sharilyn Fairweather\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box-text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .box -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><!-- .link -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone who wants solar panels can have them \u2014 some members rent their homes and cannot add solar, while others don&#8217;t have an opportune site for solar panels to generate energy. In 2015, your Co-op developed the area&#8217;s first community solar project, allowing any member to own locally-sited solar generation. Interested in Community Solar? 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