2010年7月12日，兰卡斯特市和太阳城组织宣布了将兰卡斯特市变成太阳城的计划。这项计划将会是有史以来最为昂贵的太阳能社区计划。该计划也是国家首批政府和私人合作计划之一，该举措面向羚羊谷全体居民，同时也使商业或非商业组织能以更加可以接受的价格来使用太阳能源。这项计划将在7月13日兰特斯特市举行的地方会议上进行讨论，同时也将为其他城市运用新能源，增加绿色就业机会，减少能源依赖提供蓝图样本。
通过颁发的太阳能证——太阳城组织提供的奖励中的一项当地居民财政选择，兰卡斯特太阳城将允许当地居民以比常规电价更低的价格使用太阳能电力。而商业或者非商业组织也可以有权在不需要交付预付款的条件下选择安装太阳能，并且根据与政府当时签订的能源购买协议来每月支付其光伏系统产生的电能。兰卡斯特市长R瑞克斯.派瑞斯将以当地居民客户的身份第一个签署居民协议。兰卡斯特市的丰田公司将以第一个当地企业的身份签署企业协议，并为丰田公司该市的新经销商安装632KWp的光伏系统。
City of Lancaster Announces Plans to Partner with SolarCity to
Launch Solar Lancaster
Unique Public/Private Partnership Will Create Affordable Solar Options for Local Businesses, Non-profits and
Homeowners
LANCASTER, Calif., July 12, 2010—The City of Lancaster and SolarCity(R) today announced plans for Solar
Lancaster, one of the most expansive solar community programs ever undertaken. The program, one of the
nation’s first combined public/private solar partnerships, has been created to offer all Antelope Valley
residents, businesses and non-profit organizations more affordable ways to adopt solar power. The program,
which will be considered at tomorrow’s Lancaster City Council meeting, will provide a blueprint for othercities
across the nation that want to use cleaner power, create green jobs and reduce dependence on polluting
power sources.
Solar Lancaster can allow area homeowners to pay less for solar power than they previously paid for
electricity via SolarLease(R), SolarCity’s award-winning residential financing option. Businesses and non-
profits will also have the option to install solar with no upfront cost, and pay only for the solar electricity their
solar arrays produce each month through a power purchase agreement. Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris will
sign on as the first residential customer of the program. Sierra Toyota of Lancaster will be the first business
to install solar as part of the program, with a 632-kilowatt installation at its new dealership.
“I’m delighted we will be offering a program which will allow Antelope Valley residents, businesses and non-
profit organizations to go solar at an extremely affordable price,” said Mayor Parris. “As a City, we’re
dedicated to offering ways to help our community go green. We will all benefit from this program, which will
help reduce our carbon footprint while creating a number of new jobs in our community.
SolarCity has opened a local office in the Lancaster Business Park to facilitate the operation of the Solar
Lancaster program and create local jobs, and SolarCity plans to help create a local solar training program in
partnership with the University of Antelope Valley. Lancaster is also working with SolarCity to install 2.5
megawatts of new solar capacity across six different City sites including City Hall, Clear Channel Stadium and
the Lancaster Performing Arts Center.
“The City of Lancaster is demonstrating that individual communities can make a difference with programs
that make clean power more affordable than other power sources,” said Jim Cahill, SolarCity’s regional
director in Southern California. “Solar Lancaster will create a landmark opportunity for Antelope Valley
residents, businesses, schools and other non-profits to install renewable power at an affordable price.”
“Through programs like Solar Lancaster, we are taking full advantage of our renewable natural resources to
produce clean energy while also creating sustainable, well-paid jobs in a growing industry for our local
residents,” said Parris. “This truly is the future of the Antelope Valley.”
To learn more about the program or to obtain a quote on solar power installation, businesses and
homeowners can visit www.solarlancaster.org or call 888-765-2489.
