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:
- solarreviews.com/solar-companies/massachusetts/boston
- Talk with friends & neighbors to see who they’ve worked with and recommend.
- Chat with one of the many Concord residents who have volunteered to act as Solar Coaches. To do so, send an email to CMLP here: pcady@concordma.gov.
- Look at solar installer ratings with the Better Business Bureau, through the public library’s Consumer’s Checkbook account (checkbook.org/library/Concord-Public-Library/login/), or via online ratings such as Yelp or Google.
Solar Companies with Concord Installations, 2010 - present |
# of Installs in Concord since 2019 |
MA Office Location |
Other States Served | Installed Batteries in Concord |
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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 |