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 2025 installers are Convert Solar 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 eleven years, our Solarize campaigns have achieved over 1,500 solar power system installations, totaling 13.9 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:

  • City of Alexandria

  • City of Fairfax

  • City of Falls Church

  • Fairfax County

  • Loudoun County

  • Reston County

  • Town of Dumfries

  • Town of Herndon

  • Town of Leesburg

  • Town of Purcellville

  • Town of Vienna

  • Fredericksburg

  • Albemarle County

  • City of Charlottesville

  • Clarke County

  • Culpeper County

  • Fauquier County

  • Greene County

  • Loudoun County

  • Madison County

  • Orange County

  • Rappahannock County

  • City of Richmond

  • 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.