SUN co-op is usless parasitic middle man, do not sign up.
Evansville partnered with SUN co-op group to try and help Evansville not rely on centerpoint gouging us for money.
It sounded great at first until I almost signed up and read through the terms and services.
So first off, if I read this correctly the city of Evansville is looking to only cover 60% to 80% of your electricity needs, the rest is still pulled from centerpoint so you'll still have a bill.
2nd SUN only acts as a middleman heloing you find a lender if you can't pay everything out of pocket, collecting $600 from installers, and screens the installers to see who gets the contract, only the screen group is going to be made up of volunteers to some degree. How much of the assessor group is going to be made up of volunteers I have no idea because they didn't specify that.
3rd they do not provide any help outside of just picking lenders and solar contractors, this is all stuff you can do yourself. If something goes wrong or you get screwed or the solar company declares bankruptcy and your warranty becomes useless, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
4th by signing up for this program you sign away all rights to sue them and are forbidden from talking bad about them.
There is zero benefit to joining this group when everything they provide you can just do yourself, it's not even a net neutral it's a net negative to join this group because of everything I've listed here.
Do not sign up for this program and demand the city start their own Co-op That actually provides benefits and help to people who set up energy production.
Part of me is wondering if they decided to work with this company just to provide a terrible alternative and keep people paying for Center points energy.