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27 Mar '12, 2pm

News: SolarCity Unveils National Home Energy Loan to Make Energy Efficiency More Affordable

SAN MATEO, Calif., and BOSTON, March 27, 2012—SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, today unveiled a Home Energy Loan[1] for energy efficiency upgrades that will make cleaner indoor air, greater comfort and lower energy bills more accessible to American homeowners. The typical U.S. family spends about $1,900 a year on home utility bills[2], a large portion of which is wasted. SolarCity estimates homeowners lose approximately $40 of every $100 spent on air heating and cooling to duct and air leakage alone[3]. SolarCity has set the standard for making solar simple, giving thousands of homeowners using solar panels the ability to pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power. Similarly, SolarCity’s new energy efficiency financing option can reduce or eliminate the upfront cost of energy efficiency upgrades. SolarCity’s energy efficiency serv...

Full article: http://www.solarcity.com/pressreleases/114/SolarCity-Unve...

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