MISSOURI: How to Read Your Energy Bill with Solar

  Sometimes it’s a challenge to understand your solar production on your energy bill if you live in Missouri. Some people have noticed that what your solar portal is producing and the amount credited by your utility look different. In this video, StraightUp Solar’s Professor Ky the Solar Guy reveals the answer. Have additional questions? […]

ILLINOIS: How to Read Your Energy Bill with Solar

  Sometimes it’s a challenge to understand your solar production on your energy bill if you live in Illinois. Some people have noticed that what your solar portal is producing and the amount credited by your utility look different. In this video, StraightUp Solar’s Professor Ky the Solar Guy reveals the answer. Have additional questions? […]

Solar and the Environment Resource Library

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If you are here, thank you! You realize the importance of doing your part to move our energy grid to more sustainable sources, like the sun! Solar empowers everyday people to choose where they get their energy. Every solar installation helps move our region toward our clean energy goals. In this article you will find […]

Happy Thanksgiving- A Bright Present and Future

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This Thanksgiving, we at StraightUp Solar are thankful for many things. We are thankful for meaningful work, the planet that sustains us, and the solar technology that allows us to diversify our energy choices. At StraightUp Solar, our community is made up of a wide variety of thinkers, doers, boat-shakers, and change-makers. We are so thankful to each and every client for […]

B-Corp Re-Certification

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B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. As a mission-aligned B Corp, we use the power of our business to solve social and environmental problems.

July 2017: Burroughs Farms in Morton, IL

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The Burroughs Family has farmed in Morton, Illinois since 1896. In October 2015, Scott and Calvin Burroughs decided to power their grain farm with solar energy.

Special Solar Eclipse Giveaway!

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Are you enjoying the summer sun, but not the high electric bills? Are you as excited about the 2017 American Solar Eclipse as we are?!  If you answered yes to either, we have a fun opportunity for you.   Sign up for a Free Solar Site Assessment between now and August 31, and we will […]

December 2016: Home Nursery Now Grows Solar!

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Home Nursery, Inc, is a wholesale nursery grower based in Albers, Illinois with a 95-year history of producing high-quality horticultural products for customers large and small throughout the Midwest. Throughout the latter half of 2016, Home Nursery added 10 new solar electric (PV) systems to buildings and ground sites around the farm’s production facility footprint. […]

Share Your Solar Smile

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In the spirit of sharing this month, we’d like to invite YOU to share your solar smile and share the wealth of owning your energy independence. We’re now offering a $500 award to you for anyone you refer to us who decides to go solar with StraightUp. Do you have friends, family, or neighbors who […]