When most people install at solar photovoltaic system, particularly through a third-party ownership model like a power-purchase agreement they end up with two—albeit smaller—monthly bills. SolarCity and Clean Currents have launched a new service in Washington, D.C. and Maryland that combines the two into one bill—even though they may not be a homeowner’s electric-grid supplier.

Under the offering homeowners in certain service areas can get a PV system installed on their home at no up-front cost through a fixed-price power purchase agreement with Clean Currents. “We are offering the solar PPA to any of our customers or new customers in the utility areas of PepCo Maryland, PepCo DC and BGE,” said Clean Currents spokesperson Kristin Schulz. The price of electricity being offered through the PPA is lower than the current rate that homeowners are paying for electricity.

Under the offering SolarCity will install a PV array at no up-front cost to the homeowner. SolarCity also will provide monitoring and repair services for installations made through the partnership.

“The financing is all done through SolarCity’s model,” Schulz said. “We’re able to do this through the close relationship we have with them and it will all be on one bill which is very new and different from any other offer out there, which is really what makes this offer special,” she said. Oh, and there’s an added bonus for those who sign up for the service before World Environment Day, June 5, 2012. The first month of solar power produced by a homeowner’s array free of charge to anyone who signs up before the deadline.

The relationship builds on one that really took off last year when SolarCity purchased Clean Currents Solar, a former subsidiary of Clean Currents. But the parent company remains independent. “Clean currents is an independent and have been since our inception and since we sold Clean Current Solar. We have a wind power division where we offer wind power through the grid to residents and businesses in Maryland and DC,” Schulz said. With the new service SolarCity and Clean Currents are strengthening their offerings in the Capitol region ahead of the summer rush.

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