What’s a PPA? And why would my school want one to go solar?

First, let’s start off with the basics. A PPA stands for a Power Purchase Agreement. Under this agreement, a customer (you and your school) agrees to purchase solar power at long-term, stabilized rates from a provider (a solar installer or SolSolution).

The solar PPA provider technically owns the solar photovoltaic (PV) system. This means that we install, operate, and maintain the entire system for you. The only thing is that these panels reside on your rooftop. You, the customer, lease us, the provider, your roof space for a typical PPA agreement length of 20 years or more. Once the PPA is signed, you only pay for the electricity generated by the system, as if you had your own little power plant in churning away on your roof. You don’t have to pay any upfront costs of the system, nor do you have to worry about any of the risks or hassles of deploying a solar PV system on your own.

The next question becomes: Why should my school go solar with SolSolution?