What can solar do for you?
Advanced technology
Mitigating Risk
- Operating below the internal arc threshold of 16Volt DC, our technology Module doesn’t present a fire risk that can turn your energy savings into an insurance claim
- Ensure safety with low voltage
Low voltage is what makes our PV System an investment and not an investment risk
How we work together
Why Prairie Gold Solar
Experienced team
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We analyze your electric bills
We assess your roof or other location to place the system
Our engineers look at your meter
We propose a system layout and an economic arrangement for long term power sales from the system
We fund the solar panels, installation, insurances so there is no up front expense to you
We maintain the and inspect the system at no cost to you
You will purchase the energy that is produced at a discounted rate
150MW
Energy Market
of
SOLAR POWER
ECONOMY
With Solar
- No money investment in capital, installation, maintenance or insurance premiums on PV system
Before Solar
Purchased 100% of your KwH from fossil fuel energy per Kwh increasing 4% per year.
Host
Savings
Utility
Your electric bill
HOW DOES YOUR ELECTRIC BILL WORk?
Your service plan: E-32 L Primary
Cost of electricity you used
Less reliable, more expensive
- Customer account Charge..................................................................
- Delivery service charge.......................................................................
- Demand charge-delivery.....................................................................
- Environmental benefits surcharge......................................................
- system benefits charge.......................................................................
- Power supply adjustment....................................................................
- Metering..............................................................................................
- Meter reading......................................................................................
- Billing...................................................................................................
- Generation of electricity.......................................................................
- Demand charge-generation.................................................................
- Federal transmission and ancillary services........................................
- Federal transmission cost adjustment..........
Taxes and Fees
- Regulatory assessment................................
- State sales tax..............................................
- County sales tax...........................................
- City sales tax................................................
- Franchise fee................................................
Total Charges for electricity services...........
ENERGY METER
Fracking
Natural resources
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Coal
Mining
Logistics
Financial
Policy
Navigating Solar Energy
by: Prairie Gold Solar
Tim Callahan, CFO & Co-Founder
Tim is an experienced renewable energy executive and former investment banker with Credit Suisse, where he focused on energy mergers & acquisitions. Prior to co-founding PrairieGold Solar, Tim served as CFO of Hawkeye Energy Holdings, a large-scale biofuels producer with over $1 billion in revenue. At Hawkeye, Tim raised hundreds of millions in financing, negotiated EPC contracts for and helped oversee the construction and startup of several 100+ million gallon ethanol plants. Tim also helped create Hawkeye Gold, a biofuels and distillers grains marketing business and oversaw Hawkeye’s risk management practices. Tim holds a BA in political science from CU-Boulder and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
AJ Samad, Senior Vice President, Structured Finance
AJ joined PrairieGold Solar from Distributed Sun where he led their structured finance group and financed over 20MW of distributed solar projects. In addition to his experience at Distributed Sun, AJ has developed and financed a number of natural gas and renewable energy projects and previously served as an M&A Associate at Energy Resource Holdings. AJ is based in Washington, DC and holds a BA/BS in economics and history from World Peace Institute at La Roche.
$5.2 Million in Savings in 23 years
$5,500,000
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
Annual electric bill
$3,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 1,000,0000
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Electricity bill- No Solar
Electricity bill- With Solar
High
$250
$200
$150
$100
$ 50
$ 0
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- Purchased 80% of your Kwh from Solar energy
80% Clean Energy
Paul Batcheller, CEO & Co-Founder
In addition to serving as PrairieGold Solar's CEO, Paul is a Partner at PrairieGold Venture Partners, a Midwest-based venture capital firm he co-founded in 2004. He leads the firm’s Greentech investment initiative and is an experienced solar investor. Paul also serves as Chairman of both tenKsolar, a leading solar equipment manufacturer, and PrairieGold Solar Holdings, a $10M solar infrastructure fund managed by PGS. Paul formerly served as an advisor to Senator Tom Daschle, where he worked on economic policy, science and technology issues. He received his B.A. in economics from Macalester College.
Based on the installation needs, prairie Gold Solar adds smart electronics, an incredibly efficient and reliable package. The end result is a complete, integrated system that can pack the most energy into any space, and generates electricity for the best financial payback.
number of minutes without power has increased.......
2003
2013
2009
2012
2006
2007
2008
2011
2005
2004
2010
123
111
105
201
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109
97
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$232
$163
............and so has the spending per customer