Highlights

Membership

As of March 31, 2023 we had 178 shareholders (minus 1 deceased whose estate donated his share, and 1 member who moved away and was reimbursed) for a total of 176 active members.

As the market has changed, and the price of solar panels has decreased, it is no longer reasonable to do bulk purchases.

The main reasons for becoming a SSREC member now are:

i) support our general advocacy and education work;

ii) support our advocacy with BC Hydro and intervenor status with the BC Utilities Commission

iii) obtain an assessment of the solar capabilities of people’s location

iv) support community solar installation in the future.

The geographic distribution of membership, compared to 2021/22

Installations in 2022-2023

  • 7 members installed new solar on their homes this year.
  • We performed 48 assessments for our members and a few for non-members
  • The total number of systems for SSREC members at the end of March 2022 was 111. In addition, we had one member who moved to the east coast, and we reimbursed her share, and another who passed away and his estate donated his share.
  • The SSREC-supported systems have a total capacity of 870 kW (up from 826 kW in 2021/22), and produce about 900,500 kWh of electricity annually, up from 847,500 kWh in 2021/22.
  • The savings in carbon dioxide release over mega-hydro amount to 297 tonnes per year (up from 280 tonnes per year in 2020/21.
Screenshot SSREC Community Solar Installations in British Columbia

Contents

  1. Membership
  2. Governance
  3. Installations 2022-2023
  4. Status of Net Metering in BC
  5. New Net Metering Application by BC Hydro
  6. Engagement with BC Hydro
  7. Other Advocacy
  8. Public Education