Under a program signed into law in 2013, customers served by electric utility Xcel Energy in the state can now buy solar power from a community solar garden. 

SunShare claims for an average house, purchasing energy from 20 solar panels would eliminate the entire electric bill.

"Everyone should have the chance to choose solar power, even if they rent, own a condo, can't afford high upfront costs of solar or simply have a roof that isn't suitable for solar panels," says SunShare chief executive David Amster-Olszewski.

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