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SunRun, Pioneer Of The Solar Lease, Follows SolarCity Into N.H.

Sam Scherf
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  Just slightly more than a month after the nation’s biggest solar company moved into the New Hampshire market, another major renewable energy firm has followed suit.

Sunrun solar, a pioneer in the booming practice of leasing solar panels to home-owners announced it will offer its products to Southeastern New Hampshire starting this week.

However, it’s not the abundant sunshine that’s attracting these companies, it's likely has more to do with high electricity prices.

"There have been some massive utility rate increases in New Hampshire, and that presented an opportunity to provide a simple and affordable solution for homeowners," says Ed Steins, the general manager for Sunrun in the Northeast. 

The company says it will start its operations in Nashua, and has plans to hire more than 30 sales representatives, electricians and installers.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.
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