About
Solarize Virginia

Solarize Virginia is a community-based outreach initiative that reduces the cost and complexity of going solar. Managed by the Virginia nonprofit Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), Solarize uses a competitive bidding process to vet and select installers who offer discounted prices to program participants. Our 2024 installers are Convert Solar, Nova Solar, Solar Connexion, and Solar Energy World.

LEAP delivers energy-efficient solutions in Virginia to make homes safer, healthier, and more affordable while reducing energy usage and mitigating climate change.

Solarize Virginia began in 2014 as a community-based outreach initiative to bring solar power to people in their homes and businesses throughout Virginia through our Solarize campaigns. Our program is executed in partnership with local governments, and other supporters.

Over the past eight years, our Solarize campaigns have achieved over 1,400 solar power system installations, totaling 12.7 MW of capacity. In 2017, Solarize NOVA placed first in the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council (VAEEC)'s residential program category.

We rely on our partnerships with the NVRC, Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley, Piedmont Environmental Council, and municipal partners across the state to spread the word about Solarize Virginia. Our municipal partners are critical to the success of Solarize, and we are proud to help them achieve their local climate goals; we partner with the City of Alexandria, the City of Fairfax, the City of Falls Church, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Reston, Town of Dumfries, Town of Herndon, Town of Leesburg, Town of Purcellville, Town of Vienna, Fredericksburg, Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Greene County, Loudoun County, Madison County, Orange County, Rappahannock County, Richmond, and the City of Roanoke.

Interested in a campaign in your area? Request one here! Community support drives future campaign expansion. Even if we are not running a campaign in your area, we will gladly answer your questions about solar.