Published April 11, 2017, 10:01 PM By Myrna M.
Velasco
Leviste-led Solar Philippines is
offering ‘leasing arrangement” to Filipino households who would opt for a ‘big
shift” to solar in meeting their electricity needs.
According to Solar Philippines
President Leandro Leviste, the company dangles “zero upfront solar leases on a
monthly rate in selected areas.” For now, the targeted areas would be Manila,
Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Bacolod, Palawan, Mindoro and other cities known to be
grumbling about expensive electricity rates.
The lease options, he said, are
either of 10, 15 or 25-year duration – depending on the preference of the
end-user.
“Solar Philippines warrants a
minimum energy output during the term, in addition to product warranties that
carry over even after the lease ends and the ownership transfers,” Leviste
explained.
The rollout of solar solutions to
Filipino homes, he added, is commencing without batteries yet – but such
technology coupling would kickstart by the middle of this year.
In bringing this ‘solar leasing
option’ to the households, Solar Philippines noted that it will just replicate
the business model that it employed with bigger end-users, like the SM Malls.
The company admitted that this was
patterned after the pioneering ventures of Elon Musk’s Tesla and SolarCity in
propagating solar homes in the United States.
The cost savings that Solar
Philippines has been guaranteeing prospective customers would be to the tune of
20 to 30-percent reduction compared to the prevailing grid rate in the targeted
domains.
“The rates vary depending on the
term of the lease, with the lowest rates accorded for the longer-term lease,”
Leviste explained.
He stressed that “while some people
want to save planet earth, everyone wants to save on electricity, and we hope
this new model can bring solar panels from 1.0-percent to 100-percent in a few
years.”
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