Bring a renewable energy project to your community!

Solar panels on the Milne Library in Williamstown.

When you support clean energy, you earn matching funds for a renewable energy project in your community - like solar panels for your school or library.

CET has worked with citizens and municipalities to help bring hundreds of thousands of dollars for renewable energy projects to western Massachusetts through the Clean Energy Choice program, awarded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), a public agency of the Commonwealth and administrator of the Renewable Energy Trust.

How does it work?

Shutesbury Elementary School: The school chose a solar installation for their roof that can be seen by passing students and parents.

Step 1
Residents and businesses in your town support a clean energy option like New England GreenStart or the New England Wind Fund.

Result: Clean energy contributions go to support and expand existing renewable energy sources and develop new energy projects in New England.

I want to support clean energy!

The small town of Wendell earned solar panels for Wendell Free Library.

Step 2
The MTC matches contributions to fund a variety of renewable energy projects in your own community* - from educational materials to solar panels on your school or library.

Result: Your town saves money on electricity costs, creates fewer greenhouse gases, and helps New England take steps toward energy independence and away from energy sources that contribute to global warming.

Bonus Plans

When your community reaches a qualifying number of households, businesses or organizations enrolled, you are eligible for a renewable energy bonus from the MTC. There are two bonus plans to choose from. Talk with your community to select the plan best suited your town’s needs and goals.

Mayor Clare Higgins poses with CET staff and other guests during the solar installation on Northampton's JFK Middle School.

Contact Tomasin Whitaker at CET at (800) 369-3333 x 25 to find out how you can make a tangible reinvestment in your community through Clean Energy Choice funding.

*All contributions are additionally matched for renewable energy projects for low income residents statewide. Please note: New England Wind Fund contributions from customers of municipal utilities are matched for statewide low-income renewable energy projects, but they do not earn MTC community or bonus matching funds, as communities with municipal utilities do not participate in the Clean Energy Choice program.