| Title | Cheap Solar Power is Now a Perk for 100,000 Employees | |
| Date | Thursday October 23 2014, @06:17PM | |
| Author | n1 | |
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| from the being-more-green-for-less-green dept. | ||
The Center for American Progress reports:
If free donuts, gym memberships, or flex pay programs aren't your preferred employee benefit, cheap solar systems could soon be an option. On Wednesday, three major companies -- Cisco Systems, 3M, and Kimberly-Clark -- announced they will now give employees a deeply discounted way of buying or leasing solar panels for their homes.
Called the Solar Community Initiative, the program promises a flat rate that is on average 35 percent lower than the national average and roughly 50 percent less expensive than average electric utility rates. According to the announcement, the offer will start as a benefit to more than 100,000 employees. If one percent choose to power their homes with solar, more than 74,500 metric tons of carbon emissions would be avoided each year.
Offered through Geostellar, a cost comparison site for solar panels, the program will also include options for employees' friends and families in the United States and parts of Canada. The initiative was conceived and facilitated by the World Wildlife Fund.
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