Identify the account
Confirm the utility, account holder, customer class or rate, and recent electricity use.
For apartment communities
FOR APARTMENT PROPERTY MANAGERS
Could community solar help your residents lower their electric bills?
It may. The right approach depends on who receives and pays the electric bill. Nothing needs to be installed at your property.
Only eligible investor-owned utility accounts may qualify. Rural cooperative and municipal utility accounts are not eligible under this program.
Carl Marquis is a paid community solar sales representative for Enchantment Acquisitions, LLC, an authorized partner of Zia CS Services, LLC d/b/a Solscribe, an affiliate of Affordable Solar Group, LLC. He is compensated when someone enrolls through this site.
See the two possible pathsTHE FIRST QUESTION
Who pays the electric bill?
The answer determines the outreach approach—not necessarily whether community solar is possible.
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Residents pay their own bills
Send residents to the residential guide so each household can review eligibility, savings, and terms independently.
Open the residential guide ↗ 02The property pays the bill
The facility’s qualifying account may be evaluated directly with management. A resident event is not needed.
Follow the property path ↓FOR INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
Sharing the opportunity with your residents?
Residents who pay their own electric bills should use the residential guide. Each household can review eligibility, savings, and terms and make its own decision. Nothing needs to be installed at the property.
Open the residential guideWHEN THE PROPERTY PAYS THE BILL
Review the facility’s account with management.
This is an account and contract review—not a resident outreach program.
Check program fit
Confirm that community solar is available and that the facility account can subscribe.
Review the written terms
Compare the bill credits, subscription charges, expected savings, term, transfer rights, and cancellation rules.
Make a management decision
Enroll only if the account qualifies and the written terms are worthwhile for the property.
No resident meeting and no equipment or property modifications are needed. The next decision belongs to management.
Check the property accountCOMMON QUESTIONS
What will management want to know?
Do we need solar panels on the building?
No. Community solar uses an off-site shared solar project. Nothing is installed at the apartment community.
Does the resident change utility companies?
No. The resident’s utility continues to deliver electricity, maintain the grid, and issue its normal bill.
What does this cost the property?
The resident program does not require a property construction project. Any costs, responsibilities, or commercial terms should still be confirmed in writing before management agrees to participate.
Will every resident qualify?
Not necessarily. Availability depends on the resident’s utility, service address, customer class, program capacity, and the terms offered by a subscriber organization.
What happens when a resident moves?
New Mexico law provides for subscriptions to be transferable and portable within the qualifying utility’s service territory. The provider’s contract should explain the exact transfer and cancellation process.
WHY THIS WEBSITE EXISTS
Clear information before a decision.
Community solar can be confusing. I created The Save Project to explain it in plain language so property managers can decide whether it is worth considering for their residents.
If I think the program may help, I’ll explain the next step. If it does not appear to be a fit, I’ll tell you that too.
— Carl Marquis
VERIFY IT YOURSELF
Official sources
Do not rely on this page alone. These government sources contain the law and rules for New Mexico’s Community Solar Program.