University Park Solar

A For-Profit Private Membership LLC for Solar Energy

University Park Solar

A For-Profit Private Membership LLC for Solar Energy

Events and Member News

Crowd Funding

One of the barriers we face as an LLC is the limit on the number of Members we can have, set by Maryland law following the SEC. However, a new idea is gaining traction, "crowd funding," and both houses of Congress just passed a bill permitting it. The President will sign the act into law soon. To join a discussion and get further information, click here: communtiy power network forum

We are also supporting a Maryland Bill, introduced by Senator Pinsky, that would relax Maryland laws that constrain solar LLC's such as ours. To read the current House and Senate versions click here: House and Senate Bills, Also, opportunities to testify are available. To obtain contact and other info, click here: Community renewable energy bill.

Step Up! The Town of University Park Plans Next Steps for Energy Efficiency Another Christmas, another Town tree virtual metering:

Town Tree Lighting and "Virtual Metering"

University Park Elementary Solar Receives Biophysical Society Carbon Mitigation Award!!

The Biophysical Society Carbon Mitigation Committee voted unanimously to recommend two equal 2011 Carbon Mitigation Awards: one to a global environmental organization, The Climate Trust, and one to a local Maryland organization, University Park Solar. This recommendation continues its current policy of making one global and one local award.

During the week of March 7, 2011 the Society met in Baltimore. The committee presented its recommendation to the Biophysical Society Executive Board, and the board unanimously voted to approve the recommendation. University Park Solar has recently received this monitary award and will invest it in our next solar project.

The Washington Business Journal's 2010 "Green Business" awards breakfast was attended by over 100 representatives of DC area businesses of all sizes. We were among 150 nominees and were one of three finalists in the Visionary category. Nominees were juried by expert panels and finalists selected by Washington Business Journal staff. The Washington Business Journal has a section devoted to all the finalists, as does its web version at http://bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/09/27/focus4.html.

The Power Purchase Agreement was signed April 25, 2010 by Church Board representatives and UPCS at the Church of the Brethren.

Other News ......

UP Community Solar LLC Sponsors Local Nobel Laureate's Talk (click on the image, left)

Dave Brosch (l.) and Tom Eichbaum (r.) display our original logo. We're now an LLC, not Co-op.

A UP Solar member discusses our project with a prospective
member at the UP potluck dinner.

Membership is open to any Maryland resident.