Rivertown Solar LLC

Despite better-than-average solar adoption, the vast majority of high solar energy potential buildings in Westchester and New York City remain un-solarized. After an initial uptake of early adopters, the momentum around solar has begun to slow down due to a variety of factors, education being foremost among them. Large government subsidies have attracted unscrupulous actors to the industry, which has tarnished the industry's reputation and clouded homeowner’s understanding of what solar is, how it works, and why it’s beneficial. We see ourselves as the antidote to this trend. We aim first and foremost to educate the customer. Solar is not an alternative to Con Ed. There are almost no truly off-grid homes in Con Ed territory. Instead, solar can best be understood as a counterweight to one of the largest, most profitable, and most expensive investor-owned utilities in the country. Our systems are all grid-tied. Sometimes you’ll produce power from your solar system, and sometimes you’ll draw power from the grid. Regardless, Rivertown Solar will explain clearly, and without exaggeration, exactly what your system is capable of and what we expect your return on investment to be. We want to restore industry confidence. Unlike many of our competitors, Rivertown Solar is committed to providing the most accurate possible savings and production projections. To this end, we use best-in-class shade modeling software which creates photogrammetric models of homes and buildings, as well as their surrounding environs, like trees and other homes which might shade a system and lower production potential. A parallel aim to solarizing Westchester is helping its municipalities in their efforts to become certified Climate Smart Communities (CSCs). Promoting the use of clean energy in the use of clean energy is a key component of the certification process. Rivertown Solar regularly acts as an advisor and advocate for the pro-clean energy policies set forth by NYSERDA.