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Get Protection during Outages with Solar and Storage in Dutchess County, New York

Sunrun Can Help You Take Control of Your Home Energy for Decades

+18 Mil.

New York State residents hit by outages from 2008 to 2017.1 

+14%

Dutchess County’s residential electricity rates vs. the national average.2,3,4

-43%

New York’s solar price drop over the last five years.5

Did you know that New York is one of the top states for solar in the country?5 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and home battery systems in New York State,5,6 it could be more cost-effective than ever to team up with a Dutchess County solar company like Sunrun. A switch to solar can protect your home during unexpected outages, increase your control over electric bills, and reduce your carbon footprint for decades.

How to Go Solar in Dutchess County

Sunrun is the leading residential solar and energy storage company in the U.S.7 We work so you can gain energy independence and security, simply and affordably. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a home battery in Dutchess County, is the ideal fit for your budget and energy needs.

With Central Hudson Gas & Electric and New York State’s Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) program, you could earn credits on your utility bill for the excess solar energy you create and send to the grid.8,9 The VDER program may help you save money on future electricity bills. In other states, this type of arrangement is known as net metering (NEM).

 

Solar made better

Take advantage of the increased federal tax credit by switching to solar!

 

  • Learn about the federal tax credit
  • Find your ideal system and battery
  • Get your cost to go solar today

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Pick the Ideal Plan to Start Your Solar Journey

Each Sunrun solar plan has unique advantages. Whether you decide to go with a solar lease or a purchase plan along with battery storage, we’ll work hard so that you can benefit from your solar panel installation in Dutchess County for decades. As one of the best solar installers in New York, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you whenever possible.

Monthly Plan

Lease new Sunrun solar panels in Dutchess County with as little as $0 down. Lock in predictable monthly rates and stay covered with our industry-leading Sunrun Guarantee.

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Full Amount Lease

Prepay for up to 25 years of solar power in Dutchess County for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.

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System Purchase

Own a Dutchess County home solar system and you could build home value. You may qualify for New York solar incentives, like the federal tax credit,*10 a state tax credit, and solar rebates, as well as property and sales tax exemptions.11

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Solar + Brightbox™

Add Brightbox, Sunrun’s battery storage service, to your solar installation in Dutchess County. This can help keep your devices and appliances running during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, or at night.

From 2008 to 2017, New York State endured 1,528 power outages.1

As extreme weather events continue to affect the East Coast, you can prepare for the unexpected with Brightbox.

Brightbox can help you back up your entire home with a Tesla Powerwall, or you can back up just the rooms you need with an LG Chem solar battery.**

When the sun is out, Brightbox can store clean and affordable back-up power for later use.

Brightbox is the Dutchess County battery storage solution that puts you in control. It can turn on during an outage and will work to recharge until the grid's restored.

Unlike generators, Brightbox doesn’t run on fossil fuels, which produce carbon monoxide (CO) that’s dangerous for your health.12

You can monitor your Dutchess County solar energy production and storage daily with the online dashboard and mobile app.

Our monthly lease and prepaid plans include 24/7 proactive monitoring and maintenance to ensure your system works smoothly. This benefit sets Brightbox apart from the average Dutchess County solar battery.

Clean Energy Is the Right Path for New York’s Prosperity

70%

State electricity generation that will come from renewable energy sources by 2030.13 

85%

New York’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.13

Create and store your own clean energy in Dutchess County, and you can reduce your dependence on toxic, dangerous fossil fuels. This will help build a more modern and resilient energy system that runs on renewable electricity made in New York. Ready to change the way you power your life? Take our Product Selector for a spin or request a free quote to get one-on-one service from our expert Solar Advisors. Together we can ensure New York’s energy future is bright for everyone, starting today.

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Why Choose Sunrun in Dutchess County?

Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to bring the benefits of solar energy into their homes. To date, our customers’ solar panel arrays have generated billions of kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable energy and kept millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to preventing billions of pounds of coal or millions of gallons of gasoline from burning.14

American families can help us create a more resilient energy future for the whole nation, one home solar panel installation at a time. See what people say about joining the solar revolution with Sunrun.

SOURCES:

1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report

2. Middletown, NY electricity prices

3. Newburgh, NY electricity prices

4. Poughkeepsie, NY electricity prices

5. New York solar state rank and solar price drop

6. U.S. battery storage price drop

7. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor

8. CH Energy Group / Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation net energy metering (NEM) program

9. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) / New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) / New York Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) / New York Value Stack

10. Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC)

11. New York tax incentives and solar rebates

12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) generator safety fact sheet

13. New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)

14. Sunrun Impact Report 2020

*We recommend contacting a tax professional to accurately determine the impact of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) on your federal taxes.

**One Tesla Powerwall stores 13.5 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of usable electricity, which can be used to back up the home for a day. An LG Chem solar battery holds 9.8 kWh, which can be used to back up essential parts of the home from 8 to 12 hours.