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'We are committed to meeting San Francisco's goal of 10,000 solar roofs by 2010. Local grassroots initiatives like 1 Block Off the Grid can play a key role in helping achieve that goal by educating people, mobilizing communities and negotiating with solar installers to get the best terms for San Franciscans.'
        --Johanna Partin, Renewable Energy Prog. Manager, SF Dept of the Environment

Solar Community Purchasing

We’re on a mission to make solar accessible at a fraction of the cost, one city block at a time. Join the 1BOG solar community to benefit from community purchasing pricing. The stronger the community the better the terms we are able to negotiate for you. Sign up here and we’ll add you to the map!

Over 100 1BOG homes and counting…

1 Block Off the Grid solar map

1 Block off the Grid – 1BOG - is a community-based independent initiative to drive wider solar energy adoption through education, private financing and community purchase programs. Our objective is to take one entire city block off-the-grid* in each city and make the nation a leader in renewable energy use. The 1BOG initiative removes cost as the primary hurdle to broader solar adoption by:

  • negotiating bulk-purchase pricing with solar providers and local installers, and
  • providing substantial subsidies from private sponsors and partners

We also help neighbors organize and form “solar communities” in their districts. 1BOG provides all the information and materials on technology, rebates and incentives, and current legislation so that residents can understand solar, assess if it’s right for them, and share the information with their neighbors.

There has never been a better time to “go solar”. The incentives are shrinking and panel prices keep rising. Sign up now to join the 1BOG solar community in your city!

* Fine print – We don’t mean literally off-the-grid, nor do we mean literally a city block. Even homes with solar power remain connected to the grid. We want to help enough of our neighbors move to solar to add up to the electricity demands of a typical city block. We estimate an average city block to require a total of 200 KW of solar energy production – so that’s our goal! If that group of houses happen to be on the same block, even better!