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Utilities: Partner with companies like Bloom or watch them take your top customers

September 9, 2014 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Bloom and other fuel cell makers are stealing a page from the solar installers by reducing the up-front cost. Bloom allows customers to buy power as a service rather than buying and installing the equipment themselves. And it has a leasing program in partnership with Bank of America.

Roughly two-thirds of all rooftop solar installations are owned by a third party such as a solar leasing company. Exelon subsidiary Constellation Energy already develops, owns and operates distributed energy and distributed solar projects for retail customers.

Jesse Berst

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