Welcome Tenants & Landlords!
Tenants in a tight rural rental market like ours can find it not only hard to find a good home and pay rent, but to also afford their rental's monthy energy bills.
Did you know that landlords can finance energy improvements--recouping the cost through rent--and reducing their tenant's energy costs?
For example, consider a tenant paying $2,000/mo rent plus $200/mo for electricity. The landlord could install solar using monthly payments and make the tenant's power bill go away, plus add back-up batteries, and raise the rent $200 to cover the solar loan. This leaves the tenant protected from future rate hikes, while fixing their costs, and giving them back-up power. Meanwhile, the landlord takes in more rent, and creates a more valuable property.
Click on the information below to see all the ways tenants & landlords can save money and re-direct it into the local economy, strengthening the community, creating jobs, and improving everyone's happiness, health, and property values!
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
for Landlords & Tenants
There are layers of incentives to help both local landlords & tenants make easier purchasing decisions in the direction of energy conservation, efficiency, clean energy, & back-up power.
These include incentives from the federal government and CA state government, as well as from utilities and manufacturers. There are even special incentives designed for veterans, families, senior citizens, low income homes, and other distinct population categories found in the Sierra Nevada, so we are confident you will find something here to help every homeowner in our community achieve energy progress. Join your local peers in creating happier homes!
Some incentives are rebates that come AFTER a project has been completely paid for, requiring the full cost to be paid upfront. However, there are now options for financing energy upgrades for your home. Ask your lender or contractor for info.
