Busineses find Solar makes dollars and cents

, solar, yuma, power - Business - YumaSun: "Business owners around Yuma are finding that going solar makes “dollars and cents” for them.

And in the process they not only are benefitting their business, but helping the environment, too.
After all, as Richard Sprague
noted, Yuma has all that sunshine, why not put it to good use?
Sprague, owner of Sprague's Sports, is one of an increasing number of Yuma-area businesses that now have their own mini power plant by tapping in to the sun's rays to generate electricity with solar panels mounted on top of their buildings and covered parking shelters.

On paper it added up, Sprague said. With federal and state tax credits, the rebate offered by Arizona Public Service Co. for renewable energy credits, lower utility bills and depreciation, he figures his investment will be paid off in 4 ½ years. From then through the expected 30-year life of his solar panels, he will be enjoying free electricity."