Lease / Buy / Choose a Solar Installer

You can choose to either purchase or lease a solar PV system.

Leasing a System

If you choose to lease a system, a solar company installs the system on your property for little or no upfront cost to you. They own and operate the system. You pay them a monthly equipment lease fee which is less than what you would have paid CMLP, on average, to deliver the same amount of electricity to your house. One caveat: the lease agreement must be approved by CMLP’s legal counsel in advance. To date, they have approved lease agreements offered by Direct Energy / Astrum Solar and New England Clean Energy – the only two that have submitted agreements for approval. 
 

Owning a System

General information about system installation costs can be found here: www.masscec.com/solar-costs-performance.  Residents can get loan assistance from MassCEC.  You can find information about the federal tax credits for solar PV installations here: energystar.gov and state tax credits here: programs.dsireusa.org.

PV Installers

Regardless of whether you lease or purchase a solar array, you'll need to choose a company to work with.  CMLP recommends getting 3 quotes for any significant work you have done on your house.  We do not have a list of pre-screened solar contractors, but you can find some through the following avenues:

Here is a list of companies that have installed systems in Concord, showing information we have.  Company names in italics are no longer in business.  CMLP does not endorse or pre-qualify these companies in any way.
Solar Companies with 
Concord Installations,
2010 - present
# of Installs
in Concord
since 2019
MA Office
Location
Other States Served
Installed 
Batteries
in Concord
ACE Solar 2 N. Andover NH, ME, RI  
Apex Solar Power     MA, NH, RI, VT, CT, NY, NJ, SC  
Astrum Solar / Direct Energy Solar     MA, NH, RI, VT, CT, NY, NJ, NC, SC  
Bay State Solar        
Beacon Solar 1 E. Taunton RI  
Big Sky Solar        
BlueSel Home Solar 2 Woburn / Sandwich    
Boston Solar 5 Woburn   Yes
Bright Planet Solar   Auburn NH, RI, CT, NY, NJ, UT, CA  
Bright Star Solar 4 Marlborough    
Certified Safe Electric   Pembroke    
DeFreitas Enterprises 1 Chelmsford    
EarthLight Technologies 1 Hadley CT, OR  
Endless Energy   Marlborough PA  
Energy Monster 1 Worcester RI, FL  
Future Energy Solar   Melrose    
GAF Energy 1   NY, CA  
Go Green Industries   Westford    
Great Sky Solar 4 Arlington    
Intelligent Solar Services 1 Lancaster    
Invaleon Technologies 5 Haverhill    
Level Solar        
Mass Renewables 5 Bellingham   Yes
Munroe Distributing        
New England Clean Energy 11 Hudson    
NuWatt Energy 10 Woburn NH, TX, CA Yes
Northeast Solar Services   Hatfield    
Rayah Solar   Newton    
ReVision Energy 3 N. Andover NH, ME  
RevoluSun 10 Burlington NH  
RGS Energy     (nationwide)  
S & H Construction   Cambridge    
Sirois Electric   Burlington NH, ME, VT  
Skyline Solar   Marlborough CT, NJ  
SolarCity Corporation     (nationwide)  
Solar Design Associates 2 Harvard NH, ME, VT, CT, RI  
Solar Five 1      
Solar Rising 1 Mashpee   Yes
Solar Roof Dynamics 1   CA Yes
Solar Wolf Energy 1 Auburn    
Solect Energy Development   Hopkinton RI, CT, IL  
Solworks Energy 1   MA, DC  
Steven Coldwell Electrician   Hubbardston    
Summit Solar 3 Weymouth NH, RI, NY, SC, UT  
Sunation Solar Systems     NY  
SunBug Solar 16 Woburn / Westfield   Yes
Sunlight Solar Energy 6 Waltham CT, CO, OR  
Tierney Electrical   Braintree NH, ME, VT, RI, CT  
Transformations, inc.   Townsend    
Trinity Solar Systems   West Wareham RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, FL  
Twin State Sun        
Tesla Energy 10   (nationwide) Yes
United Solar Associates 1 Malden NH, ME, CT  
Viridis Energy Solutions 1 Woburn