Getting closer to having Solar Panels on roof of House!

[snooper2]

For those of you who are familar or may have signed up, here's the text of a letter/email I just recieved...

For those of you who don't know about this company, http://renu.citizenre.com/

For those of you who think it's a crock of shit, don't sign up....



Dear Snooper: ( yeah, I changed the name :) )

Thank you for your continued patience. As you know, we have been
delayed in providing Citizenre's REnU solar solution for your home.

The good news is that your contract rent is locked using the 2005
formula for your area. This means you are in a great position to
save once your system is installed.

OUR STATUS: There are a few updates and improvements we would like
to share. Most importantly, our rental pricing has changed, from
an adjustable amount to a flat rate plan. This way you know what
your Citizenre bill will be each and every month. The response
from our customers has been extremely positive about this
improvement.

You don't need to sign a new contract or anything. When the system
designer comes to your house for your site visit, Snooper,
they will explain all of the details before you approve the final
design. As you know, you can always cancel your contract at any
time before you pay the security deposit and there will be no
financial obligation whatsoever.

To confirm, your Citizenre REnU is still coming to you. Our
commitment has not changed - only our timetable.

OUR PROCESS: We want to make sure that you are clear on the next
three steps:

1. Verification -- A Citizenre customer specialist will contact
you to confirm your Forward Rental Agreement. You will be asked to
send in your electricity bill--faxed or mailed. This step confirms
that you are responsible for the electricity bill and gathers
valuable information for the site designers. At this time, you can
also ask any questions that you might have.

2. Site visit -- Once installations have begun in your area, our
site designer will schedule a date for your site visit. Please
don't call us asking when your date will be -- For most areas,
these visits will not begin for six months or more.

3. Installations - At your site visit, the system designer will
be able to give you an approximate range of installation dates.
Once you have approved the system design and provided your security
deposit, Citizenre will schedule your installation. No deposit is
ever given until these three steps have occurred.

We will be in contact as soon as we can to give you a more specific
time-line. While we have been slowed by the same credit crunch and
investment slow-down that has stymied many new companies, we have
continued to make slow but steady progress. We have many new
avenues for funding and we are fully committed to making the
Citizenre vision a powerful reality.

"You never change anything by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model and make the existing model
obsolete." - R. Buckminster Fuller

Citizenre is creating a new model - already, others are copying us.
Your leadership and vision have helped make that happen. By
signing up
for your solar solution, you not only put yourself in position to
save money, you also make a bold statement that you stand for green
solutions that make economic sense.

OUR THANKS: As you wait, there are ways that you can save money
right now. We partnered with sustainability expert Chris Prelitz
to create a video to show you how to save money now by conserving
energy. This short, interesting video is our gift to you.

www.citizenre.net/extras/videos/chris_prelitz/

This short summary gives you all of the points in a useful summary:

www.citizenre.net/extras/videos/chris_prelitz/steps_to_save.html

We hope these videos help you save both energy and money.

Thanks again for your patience and your vision. We look forward to
providing your REnU solar system as soon as we are able. In the
meantime, Snooper, please save as much energy as you can -
it benefits us all when you do.

Thanks,

Rob Styler
SVP of Sales, The Citizenre Corporation

Powur of Citizenre, 501 Silverside Road #69, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA

[SharonRB]

1. I've never heard of this before

What a great idea! I may think about doing this. I'd really love to have a wind turbine in my backyard, but solar panels would be good, too. I just don't know if we have enough unobstructed south-facing roof area for this to make sense.

[snooper2]

2. I suggest reading all the material on the whole website..

and it doens't hurt to sign up now, no commitment till guy comes out to your house :) And you can lock in the rate you are paying now...

[SharonRB]

3. I read through most of it

Sounds pretty interesting. Not sure it would save me any money, though, although, of course, it would help the environment. I guess it depends on how much, if anything, I'd wind up putting back onto the grid. Summers wouldn't be too bad, but our Michigan winters don't provide a whole lot of sunlight.

I'm also not so sure I could part with the $500 needed for the deposit.