Ever heard of Tupperware parties for solar energy? Neither had I—until last week, that is, when I received an invitation to attend one.
For years, Lora Berg and her husband, Karim Chaibi, had been interested in the prospect of solar energy for her own house. But the upfront cost to install a system of panels on her roof, seemed prohibitive.
When the family returned to their Chevy Chase house last year after several overseas tours, they revisited the topic.
“It turned out we were lucky to come back at the perfect time to enter the market,” Berg said. “I had never thought I could actually do this.” After some research with the help of DC Sun, a coalition of solar neighborhood co-ops, she found several companies that offered lease-type arrangements in which no large investment from the homeowner is required—or even none at all. She invited two. Both provided her with proposals (see below) for monthly energy costs.
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