University Park Solar A For-Profit Private Membership LLC for Solar Energy
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Events and Member NewsCrowd 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 passed a bill permitting it. To join a discussion and get further information, click here: community power network forum We are also supported a Maryland Bill, introduced by Senator Pinsky, that relaxes Maryland laws that constrain solar LLC's such as ours. To read the current House and Senate versions click here: House and Senate Bills. To obtain contact and other info, click here: Community renewable energy bill.
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 ......
Dave Brosch (l.) and Tom Eichbaum (r.) display our original logo. We're now an LLC, not Co-op.
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